[Books] The Hobbit Movie Cover

Hello! Let's start by remembering me saying that I hate books with movie covers. I don't know why. Maybe it's because the authors go through a lot of effort to pick their covers and in some cases these covers take a lot of work. So suddenly slapping the movie poster on the book feels wrong. Also, I feel like buying the book with the movie covers is telling the world you're reading it because of the movie. Hahaha petty things but oh well.

Now every now and then a movie poster will be incredible. When the last movie in the Hobbit trilogy was being announced they released several covers. The one I loved the most was the one with Martin Freeman, playing Bilbo Baggins, who was kneeling with his head down holding Sting in one hand. He looks resigned, sad and solemn, dirty with the grime of the battle field. Knowing everything that happens in the Battle of the Five Armies (the event not the movie title), I feel like this image portrays all the emotions that Bilbo was probably feeling in the wake of the battle. So I love that cover. Seeing it on the book didn't cause that sense of wrongness I sometimes feel, but it just brought all the feels! I couldn't resist buying it, even if I already have two versions: one belonging to my brother and is the original cover with Smaug laying over his hoard, and a beautiful leather bound version with golden edges. And it looks awesome next to my Tolkien Collection (still in process of acquiring titles ^^).

What about you? What's your opinion towards books with movie covers?