I loathe the movies. Apart from reading the actual text, my next best thing is the 13 hour BBC series. And to add to that, Tom Bombadil audio from Tales from the Perilous Realm.
I have watched 4K movies on my 5K iMac, and yes indeed the quality is impressive.
That's too bad. I grew up on them, and they were my introduction to LOTR, so I have a deep love for the
extended editions of the films.
That said, the Hobbit films can go right into the fire with Gollum