Lisa > Status Update

It's been over 20 years and I have still not seen the movies because I wanted to read the books first. My first attempt at age 14 was abandoned as soon as Frodo started his journey (grass, so much grass).
Now, almost 25 years later, I'm going to skip all the extra info (intro, prologue, maps, family trees, notes) and just finish the story. At least I hope I'm going to finish it, so I can finally watch the movies.