I don’t really *hate* LOTR. That just sounded better in the tagline than “confessions of a LOTR-disliker” or “confessions of a nerd who is not into LOTR.” I suppose “I don’t love LOTR. Why do you?” might have been passable, but too late now. Point is, I do have a certain appreciation for the books, although my appreciation is pretty much strictly academic, rather than having any genuine love for the story or feeling like the text resonated with me on a personal level. Anyway, I encourage the debating on the text to continue in my earlier post. It’s good for me :-)

And in the spirit of full disclosure, I will say that I do pretty much hate the Peter Jackson movies. I pretty much hate Peter Jackson. I dare say he’s the most overrated director of our time. Revoke the rights to make the Hobbit, Tolkien heirs!!!