whats better the books or the films?

Well, I think that the movies are the best movies ever and the books are the best books ever!

The books! Tolkien was not only a great author, but also a linguistics specialist. I remember reading in his biography that he spent hours and hours rereading what he had written and correcting what he felt didn't match with the rest of the text. And I think this shows in the books: it truly feels like if every single word fitted in with the previous and the following ones. As a result, the texts are really fluids and easy to read.

The books of course.

The books stand alone as works of literary art and yet the films enjoy the same distinction on a cinematic level but since this must be decided I will say the films because it enabled a great deal more people to come share the vision of Middle Earth than previously known.

There are very few films that have surpassed their book source this is usually because the book is not all that good *The Secret of Moonacre/The Little White Horse* or the movie is so mind-blowingly awesome that the book can't compete *stardust*. In The Lord of the Rings case I think they stand on even ground. Both are masterpieces in their own field and are equally good.

To say it short: The books!

I'v only seen the movies, (i'v seen them a lot of times) and the movies are REALLYYYY AWESOME! Peter Jackson does an amzing job. i can't wait to see his work with, "The Hobbot". But i havn't read the books yet, im reading the hobbit first. and its an amazing book.So i think they are both the same. I love the movies though

The books hold a lot of information and they left stuff out but they did an amazing job! they left things out that were okay to leave out. They are both amazing! and The lord of the Rings are the only movies by Peter Jackson that i like. I hope the Hobbit is as good.

i think that the book is better because it goes into detail about events and i like detail and tom bombadil is awsome i also like the elvish songs

1.Legolas
2.Aragorn
3.Faramir