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Originally Posted by bthrowsnaill
I have reread Frank Herbert's Dune and the Lord of the Rings trilogy many times in my life. The last time I read Lord of the Rings, however, it wasn't quite as compelling. Unfortunately, I think the movies may have spoiled my minds eye appreciation of LOTR a bit. I found myself picturing scenes from the movie at times. (Maybe I need to never watch those movies again in an attempt to erase their afterimages from my subconscious)
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Very interesting, I was talking to a fellow writer friend the other night who said she could never watch a movie before she'd read the book or it would ruin it for her. She said once she'd read it and had pictures of the characters in her mind's eye it was usually OK but that there were a few exceptions where, like you, she found herself imagining characters as they were in the film rather than her head and that she found it really annoying... so there you go, you're not alone.
I find it doesn't bother me too much but I suppose in most cases, the characters in the films have looked quite like my mental versions, a notable exception here is Dan Ackroyd in the Dan Brown ones. I think I was imagining a Harrison Ford type although, I have to hand it to him, he did a pretty good job.
Cheers
MTM