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Originally Posted by daniel_hokkaido
Mostly everything which is popular is overrated. It is just human nature to chat and discuss a common interest and over time it snowballs, and even though a series like LotR is a good one, people have a tendency to over rate things they like. We all do it.
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Except LOTR has been 'popular' for about half a century now. How long before 'popular' becomes 'classic'?
If the definition of 'classic' is having endured the test of time, and most people say it is, then when do we make that judgment? Personally, I'd say a hundred years, and LOTR is almost halfway there.
It's certainly no flash in the pan, nor merely a popular novel, that's for certain.
So, no, it's not 'over-rated', whatever the OP means by that - unless he means "I don't like it," in which case it is, I guess, although why HE gets to judge and the rest of don't (we're just picking on him) I don't understand.