Originally posted by Matthew Phillips:
See the movie first, then read the book. If you do it the other way, the movie will be disappointing.
nope disagree. I've read all the books and wasn't at all dissappointed in the movie. yes of course not all of the sub-plots of the book are there but if they were the movie would have been 10 hours long. Apparently the first cut was 4 hours long and they released it 2.5 hours long. That's a long film, but they do well to keep you completely enthralled throughout.
However, I would recommend some time between finishing the book and watching the film, otherwise you'll never really appreciate the characters that you have formed in your own mind, cos you'll only see the ones in the film.
Pounding at a thick stone wall won't move it, sometimes, you need to step back to see the way around.