I think there's a relative scale here, though. The LotR movies had more emotional connection than the books because the books got a little too grandiose. There are still a few scenes that bust me up in the books--The Choices of Master Samwise and his subsequent one-hobbit assault on Cirith Ungol always make me a bit misty. But with The Hobbit, the book is ALL heart--which is why I was more invested in it in the first place. It's tougher to live up to.
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I think there's a relative scale here, though. The LotR movies had more emotional connection than the books because the books got a little too grandiose. There are still a few scenes that bust me up in the books--The Choices of Master Samwise and his subsequent one-hobbit assault on Cirith Ungol always make me a bit misty. But with The Hobbit, the book is ALL heart--which is why I was more invested in it in the first place. It's tougher to live up to.