[artios]

What is it about this trilogy, books, film, characters, whatever - that makes me cry too. I love the characters as if they were my friends.

[BibChr]

I know what you mean. LOTR, while I've always enjoyed it, didn't used to affect me that way, when I was younger. But I'm 47 now, and those themes of innocence, loyalty, dogged and unstoppable determination, bravery, loss, sacrifice... the path I've walked has "upped" their value considerably, and given me an experiential context I lacked as a younger man.

Dan