Excellent LOTR commentary: A Ring For Our Times

The Claremont Institute, via Declaration.net ^ | Thursday, December 20, 2001 | Mark Gauvreau Judge

[HairOfTheDog]

Thank you for the post.... I go today, finally, to see it.

Pinging the Ring Ping King!

[Gelato]

Good for you! I can't wait to see it.

[HairOfTheDog]

What are you waiting for? - I was waiting until my brother could go, or I would have been in line with the other geeks on Wed.

[Texas2step]

Thanks for the bump! I saw it last night. Don't have time for a full review, maybe later this evening. But it was INCREDIBLE!!! I had extremely high expectations, and it met every single one.

One word of advice, don't go looking for what is there, or what is not, just let yourself get caught up in it all and get carried away. It's that kind of movie!

[ecurbh]

ping

[HairOfTheDog]

I have no intention of picking at the details, only enjoying the telling of it. And I am not beginning my re-read of the books until AFTER the film, so the fog of forgetfulness regarding the little things will only help.

Gee - 7.5 hours till it starts.... you think I should start getting ready yet?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

What are you waiting for? - I was waiting until my brother could go,

This is, in a small way, what the review was about, to do your duty, and not do the easier thing. (Of course waiting to go with your brother is likely less of a burder than bearing the Ring).

[HairOfTheDog]

Hee Hee... yes, this has been a bearable burden :~)

[Tax Government]

Lord of the Rings is absolutely the best movie I've ever seen. I'd encourage everyone to go.

[Cascadians]

A correction:

Frodo was NOT demoralized. He had grown great in wisdom and bravery. He was also functional and loving, and finished Bilbo and Frodo's book. But he had seen enough evil, and seen what the world had to offer -- and literally chose God and God's presence over staying in Middle-earth. His ending is sad for Middle-earth but NOT for Frodo :-)

[Gelato]

Good insight.

It's been a few years since I've read the books, so I can't quite recall if Frodo was "demoralized," but I do remember he was somberly affected by his experience.

[FreedomPoster]

In the books, Frodo's wounds from Weathertop, Shelob, and from the great burden of bearing the Ring, all combined to weigh heavily on him in his later years.

[PMCarey]

I wouldn't say that Frodo is demoralized either. He IS changed and he can never go back to being the carefree, happy hobbit he is at the story's beginning. If you want a parallel to Frodo, think of the survivors of a battle like D-Day, in which one knows that one did what one must and would do it again, but still bears the scars of the experience.

[Marianne]

Linking

[mlmr]

How do I get on the Ring Ping list. I have a daughter who is passionate about LOTR. She wears a jacket where she designed and made with the words of the ring inscribed on one arm in silver...she talks about it non stop. She is learning the elvish language...need I say more?

She has asked me to find more articles about LOTR.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, ecurbh is the king of the ring ping! So that will get you pinged to new stuff!

Most of the new Lord of the Rings stuff is over in the General Interest side... Not the news side where this one is. There is a Topic called the Hobbit Hole that we file all the Lord of the rings posts under, if they are posted over there where we like them.. The topic is not to be confused with the thread called the Hobbit Hole where we chit/chat. You can subscribe to the topic as a sidebar, or find The Hobbit Hole from the FR Home page under Dailies. Clear as mud? Check that out for starters!

Browse Topic: Hobbit Hole

How old is your daughter?

[mlmr]

13

How old are you?

[ecurbh]

Ring Ping!!

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh I am an old 35 yearish lady....

Was wondering if she was old enough to FReep, you could get her a login! But our youngest regular in the hobbit hole is 20 I think, and most of us are old! So I don't know if we would be interesting for her.