The Lord Of The Rings requires that you take at least a week off work and have no distractions, that may sound heavenly to some but I prefer a more leisurely approach to reading !
I always find the most disappointing thing about film adoptions of fine books is the amount of subplot, description, storyline and personal narrative that is missing or altered due to obvious time constraints in movies and the feeling that dumbing down is required for the target audiences.
Although who would sit through a true adaption that went on for over 5 or 6 hours................................