[HairOfTheDog]

...But this is a fantasy story, with wonderful races of people in them that are not real, and not us... and I think the elves are one of the most wonderful creations in the story (with the possible exception of hobbits of course) They are ethereal and yet strong, they are wise but they are not omniscient. I am not going to find it to be somehow against God to have created and protected their wonderfully magical realms such as Lothlorien and Rivendell... the lands that they dwell in are mystical and a very favorite stop for me in the story. They are set apart from everywhere else in the story as special. I enjoy finding lessons and meaning in the story as much as everyone else, but I think this is getting way too obtuse for me.

What is with the boy's choir at the end of the soundtrack? It keeps shocking me. It just came on again.

[Penny1]

Do you mean the song that comes on right before Enya's "May it be?" That is a wonderful song, but you have to read the lyrics to it to catch why it's so wonderful. I think the lyrics were written by Fran Walsh, and can't even listen to it without tearing up. It is all about what Sam and Frodo will go through over the course of the story, including the eventual blessings they'll receive at the end of their struggles.

I actually like that song better than Enya's--it seems so wonderfully appropriate to the style of music in the rest of the movie, and the words are quite touching.

[SuziQ]

What is with the boy's choir at the end of the soundtrack? It keeps shocking me. It just came on again.

That is my MOST favorite part of the soundtrack!!! I just love to hear a boys choir, anyway; so angelic sounding. But that song is lovely because it makes me think of Frodo and Sam wandering through Mordor, cut off from all their friends. The only way they CAN see them is "In Dreams". The image of Mordor is evoked by the line "in the veiling of the sun, we will walk in bitter rain" And I love the last line which calls to mind 'The Hobbit'; "in the dark I hear your call, calling me there, I will go there, and back again"