Posted on 12/17/2002 7:32:02 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
The dwarves who showed up at Bilbo's door certainly were:

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold.
The dwarves of yore made mightly spells,
While hammers fell like ringing bells
In places deep, where dark things sleep,
In hollow halls beneath the fells.
For ancient king and elvish lord
There many a gleaming golden hoard
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught
To hide in gems on hilt of sward.
On silver necklaces they strung
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung
The dragon-fire, in twisted wire
They meshed the light of moon and sun.
Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeouns deep and caverns old
We must away, ere break of day,
To claim our long-forgotten gold.
Goblets they carved there for themselves
And harps of gold; where no man delves
There lay they long, and many a song
Was sung unheard by men or elves.
The pines were roaring on the height,
The winds were moaning in the night,
The fire was red, it flaming spread;
The trees like torches blazed with light.
The bells were ringing in the dale
And men looked up with faces pale;
The dragon's ire more fierce than fire
Laid low their towers and houses frail.
The mountain smoked beneath the moon;
The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.
They fled their hall to dying fall
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.
Far over the misty mountains grim
To dungeons deep and caverns dim
We must away, ere break of day,
To win our harps and gold from him!
Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away, ere break of day,
To find our long-forgotten gold.
TTT received nominations for Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Director-Motion Picture. No actors were nominated and, to my surprise, Howard Shore was overlooked for Best Original Score-Motion Picture
Smasht the dishes and crack the plates.
That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!
It is tempting to counterflame one of their (whoever they are) threads with variants on "dumb jock". But from what I saw at the theater the entire spectrum of Americana was represented and standing in line. It was really cool to see that all those wildly different people had a common interest.
In The Hobbit (written version) did the dwarves actually whip out some instruments or was it all in song?
So it begins.
One of the Hole Dwellers I've pinged should be able to help you gain access.
The group at the sneak peek was just as eclectic, but I found that some of them were just folks who got lucky and won the AOL sweeps without really being that interested in LoTR. But then again, they had to be interested enough to stay up past midnight on a work night. :)
I pray the invasion will be be quick and that innocent American and Iraqi lives will be safe. I also hope we don't end up spending the next 50-100 years there.
We still have troops in the Philippines, Korea, Germany, and the Balkans. :-(
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