I know what you mean about the imagery from the movie seeping in when you re read them now as that happened with me too. On the flipside when I first watched Peter Jackson’s LOTR movies one thing that weirded me out was Andy Serkis’s Golum as when we were about 10 our teacher ‘Mr Busby’ read us the Hobbit in class and I wondered at first if perhaps he had also been Serkis’s teacher as the voice was almost identical. But seems to be a coincidence so at least that has remained a constant for me from childhood.
Have you ever read Papillon? I read it while working in the desert in Israel on a Moshav farm. I felt a bit like a prison worker and my evenings in the grotty building blended in with his ordeals and escapes from south american prisons. Even though I think he’d embellished the story somewhat I found it a great inspiration for never giving up no matter how low things may get, keep struggling, keep planning , keep moving forward.
I'd like to see a remake of LOTR to be honest, by a different director, I think a more modern version could be quite awesome.
I had a teacher who, I realised later, looked exactly like Gollum. It turned out he wasn't.
I've read Papillon, a great read and thought-provoking for sure.
Yup would be interesting to see another adaptation for sure or with the way netflix, apple tv etc are going a series may work if crafted correctly with the right budget