![]() ![]() And tense or scary parts of the story really come off as tense or scary here, which is definitely a good thing! Excellent music and SFX combined with an excellent cast bring this tale fabulously to life. And now that Audible has them I can carry them with me on my IPod anytime, which should come in useful particularly for long trips in the car. In short I don't think I stopped listening to this any longer than was absolutely necessary, such as for meal and bathroom breaks. And the Ents have a cool marching song which I'm sure was in the novel but here is excellently presented. Here, actor Steven Thorn gives him a commanding yet somewat mischievous quality that I always did perceive in the character. In the films he was hostile towards the Hobbits at first and made them aware of Gandalf's survival long before they learned of it in the book. Needless to say it made hm sound rather campy. In the NPR playhouse version he was voiced by Tom Luce with a rather annoying echo effect added. One thing I like about this version is that it stays more or less true to the characters as described in the book, which the films didn't always do. And of course it's far better than the films, as good as those admittedly were. Granted I do still somewhat enjoy that one, but after hearing this one I must conclude that it' is far superior. But as I said it was a much better version than the NPR Playhouse version. And even then I wasn't aware of the anniversary edition which added the opening and closing narrations by Frodo. ![]() As I said I wasn't made aware of the BBC's dramatization of Lord of the Rings until 2001, twenty years after its initial release. ![]()
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