Right??? I’ve loved Tolkien since I was a kid. I’ve tried to read silmarillion several times and I swear my eyes just glaze over due to how pervasively stilted and baroque the language is.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Serkis reading it to you helps a lot, all of his readings are top tier

[–] janet_catcus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

most of the time i fall asleep when being read to too.

also, i made it through (with the occasional nap with the book in my face), i just cant recall much of it but i cant really either from having read the first book of the old testament...

it's a good thing i started with lotr instead

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Here's a little treat for you

The BBC radio dramatization of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

I myself like that they kept most of the things the Peter Jackson movies left out, like the absurd amount of musical loredumps in the text.

[–] janet_catcus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

my dude, the lord of the ring doesnt require watering it down with dramatization.

the silmarillion, on the other hand, could become much more accessible

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I don't feel that it is watering anything down. They are very faithful to the books