[HairOfTheDog]

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

Pinging the Ring Ping King!

[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 :-)

[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

[ecurbh]

Ring Ping!!

[Maigret]

It is no surprise this guy got it wrong, in the 60s the anti-war groups claimed it supported their views - didn't make Tolkien too happy either! Today sadly, many of the group that made the films are also claiming it supports their anti-war, pro environmentalist and other agendas that anyone with eyes to see are the antithesis of what the book is all about. Guess blind men can make great movies and still not 'get' what they are about. I'm just glad they make them so well!