Lord of the Rings

[Rachel Bray]

Wow....I get back to work and start surfing through the messages 
and see there's a big discussion about LOTR movies.....

First off, I'm blown away by the trailer.  It got a standing ovation at 
Cannes and I see why.  It's amazing.  The elves are tall (except 
they've got the pointed ears which I know JRRT devotees are 
pissed off about).  And the way they make the hobbits look smaller 
than the rest is fabulous!

I own the animated Lord of the Rings.  In my youth, I adored it.  
And I still have a bit of fondness for it.

It took me a year to read The Hobbit.  I was in the 7th grade and I 
would start it, put it down for a month, start it again, put it down for 
two months, then finally, on a family vacation that required a lot of 
driving (Grand Canyon, I believe) I finally read it.  Then it wasn't 
hard at all to get into the rest of them.  Yes, JRR has times where 
he rambles and it's hard to get into the story.  I also skipped quite 
a bit of the "songs".  By the time I was done, I had a bit of crush on 
Frodo.  :-)  

I'm very much looking forward to the movie.  Yes, there's a love 
storyline added.....so what.  Yes, the elves have pointed ears....big 
deal.  All stories have to be Hollywoodized in one way or another.  
Have you read Gone With the Wind?  Excellent book....but the  
movie is completely different.  The movie still kicked, though.  And 
Shrek.....great movie but TOTALLY different from the book.

Oh well.  There aren't too many films that have made me this 
excited for a long long time.  Star Wars will always have my heart 
thumping.  But now the LOTR trilogy....*sigh*  Yay.

Oh..yeah...that little bit of a movie about that Harry Potter kid, too.  
I'll probably check that out.  :-)

Rachel Bray
The Ohio State University
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Oh, the thrill of the chase as I soar through the air
With the Snitch up ahead and the wind in my hair
As I draw ever closer, the crowd gives a shout
But then comes a Bludger and I am knocked out.

"I don't know who Jim Henson is but I've heard he has his hand in a 
lot of things around here." - Kermit the Frog, 1972