It irritates me that in our culture a book or story isn't truly great until Hollywood bestows upon it the highest of all honors: turning it into a movie. So before the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy came out I refused to get excited, and declared them irrelevant and unnecessary. The books are amazing and they don't need to be legitimized by anyone, thank you very much. As far … [Read more...] about LoTR: One Nitpickers Guide