Glimpses of Truth in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

CBN News ^ | December 20, 2002 | Charles Colson

[psychopuppy]

Has anyone heard about the petition about the name of The Lord of the Rings II? Some illiterate and ignorant individuals were calling Peter Jackson insensistive for choosing to name the second Lord of the Rings film "The Two Towers". Like hello, J.R.R. Tolkien is the one who named it not Jackson.

[ninenot]

I am aware of all that. But that does not mean that his use of the number 19 means anything...

Don't be all that certain.

GKChesterton and Belloc, of whom JRRT was certainly aware, and who were also RC's, knew a great deal about "Mohametanism," and Belloc condemned it as one of the Seven Great Heresies.

[snarkpup]

I went to see it today. The theatre had the sound cranked up to a level I have never experienced before at a movie theatre. Even normal speech by the actors was ear-splitting. After a few minutes I had to leave because I could feel scary things happening inside my right middle ear. I complained to the manager about the hideously shrill and ear-shattering sound level and she explained that this is dictated by the studio and the theatre is prohibited from setting it any lower.

I don't know whether she was BS-ing me or if turning the volume up to 11 is a new, official policy for certain motion pictures. If the latter, I suggest taking shooting muffs or ear plugs, or just waiting and renting it.

[NYer]

We try and stay away from hollywierd

Oh, you MUST watch these films. They are as far removed from hollyweird as you can get! Each one is an epic that meticulously follows the book ... LOTR fans scrutinized the first (and I would imagine the 2nd) film for anything amiss. They found each to be a rigorous and detailed interpretation of the novels. That is what amazes. The depth of Tolkien's works poses such a challenge in bringing it to the screen. These films are truly brilliant.

A local Hollywood film reviewer said it well .... he never once yawned or batted an eyelash during the preview. The film, as he pointed out, runs one minute shy of 3 hours. That is no mean feat! He also recommends bringing the children - forget the PG13 rating. They will be captivated.

[ELS]

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

J.R.R. Tolkien

[per loin]

Lord of the Rings

[JenB]

Anyone who wants to meet a few truly obsessive Lord of the Rings types are welcome to stop by the Hobbit Hole. We talk about Tolkien and anything else we feel like and we don't bite.

[.45MAN]

No were not that niave, we havn't rented or seen a movie since 9-11 . this would be the first.