![]() Even those who watch the films after having read the books aren't necessarily better off, as Jackson's version features a myriad of plot changes, character swaps, and scenes that don't take place in the book and vice versa. Once they part ways in the second and third acts, keeping a coherent timeline of events as you go along is much more difficult. Even in The Fellowship of the Ring, the story is complex, and that's with all of the protagonists generally sticking together. In fact, there's so much going on in The Lord of the Rings that it can be overwhelming trying to keep track of it all. Strange names of people and places pop up at every turn and confusing lines are spouted off in everything from Elvish to Dwarvish, Entish, Orcish, and so on. The story rises from humble beginnings in Hobbiton to epic events in Moria, Rohan, Gondor, Mordor, and other fantastic locations. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy is mind-boggling. The sheer scope of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R.
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