A pertinent reflection prompted by your return to The Lord of the Rings, both the book and the film. I am certainly convinced that reading books is indispensable, and when two media and styles are so different, cinema cannot replace the experience of reading. Especially if the film is somewhat simplistic and already fully resolved in every respect, as is sometimes the case.
A few days ago, this question came to mind again after watching Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey. I quite like Nolan’s philosophical and moral approach, but I wondered: what might happen to someone who hasn’t read The Odyssey?
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