No, but I want to…school reading comes first.Speaking of Tolkien…Has anyone read “The Children of Hurin” yet? I just got it out from the library, and am going to start on it in the next day or so.
It looks delicious, precious…
Er, ahem…maybe I should calm down.
I read the Silmarillion and also the Narn I Chin Hurin in the Unfinished Tales collection, so I think I’m good.
Ok…as to the others: Merry and Pippin (the other two hobbits besides Frodo and his partner) had been captured by those monsters (Uruk-hai) and were being carried off to one of the bad guys’ fortresses. Aragorn (the last remaining man in the Fellowship), Legolas (the elf) and Gimli (the dwarf) could either follow Frodo to Mordor in one direction, or follow Merry and Pippin in the opposite direction and try to rescue them. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli chose to go after Merry and Pippin and try to save them. That’s about where Fellowship leaves off.
Clear as mud. Thank you for the clarification and for being able to spit out those names like that. I was too caught up in the story to remember names. I guess I also missed why Frodo has to go off on his own? Why do the other members go to save versus following?Ok…as to the others: Merry and Pippin (the other two hobbits besides Frodo and his partner) had been captured by those monsters (Uruk-hai) and were being carried off to one of the bad guys’ fortresses. Aragorn (the last remaining man in the Fellowship), Legolas (the elf) and Gimli (the dwarf) could either follow Frodo to Mordor in one direction, or follow Merry and Pippin in the opposite direction and try to rescue them. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli chose to go after Merry and Pippin and try to save them. That’s about where Fellowship leaves off.
Clear as mud?
As to why Frodo went off on his own: If you recall, the one member of the Fellowship (Boromir, the man who got killed at the end) became overcome with desire for the Ring and tried to take it from Frodo. Frodo realized that the Ring was breaking the Fellowship, and decided that the only thing he could do to prevent the Ring from overcoming them all was to leave and go off to Mordor alone (although Sam, his partner, tagged along too).
No, thank you, this clarified what I was thinking, I just wanted to make sure that I did not veer off on the wrong path. I am looking foward to starting the Two Towers, but will not get to it until next weekAs to why Frodo went off on his own: If you recall, the one member of the Fellowship (Boromir, the man who got killed at the end) became overcome with desire for the Ring and tried to take it from Frodo. Frodo realized that the Ring was breaking the Fellowship, and decided that the only thing he could do to prevent the Ring from overcoming them all was to leave and go off to Mordor alone (although Sam, his partner, tagged along too).
The other members of the Fellowship could only go one way or the other-- and Legolas and Gimli would follow Aragorn, since he was their leader. Aragorn realized the threat the Ring posed to the Fellowship, as Frodo had, and decided that the fate of the RIng was out of his hands. He knew that Merry and Pippin would most certainly die sooner or later in the hands of the Uruk-hai, so he and the others decided to attempt their rescue.
If you read the books later, this will become clearer, since Tolkien explains all the intertwining motives of the various characters. But what I put above is the basic idea of what’s happening.
Any other questions?
That one is quite good too-- in fact, I was just rewatching some of it last night. Now, of course, I can’t get Return of the King for a while.No, thank you, this clarified what I was thinking, I just wanted to make sure that I did not veer off on the wrong path. I am looking foward to starting the Twin Towers, but will not get to it until next week
And by the way, it’s Two Towers. Fixed…oops…That one is quite good too-- in fact, I was just rewatching some of it last night. Now, of course, I can’t get Return of the King for a while.
Finally was able to get to see this one and WOW! What I would give to see this in the theatre. That battle scene was intense!!!No, thank you, this clarified what I was thinking, I just wanted to make sure that I did not veer off on the wrong path. I am looking foward to starting the Two Towers, but will not get to it until next week
Hard to say. I loved the character development in Fellowship, it really connected me with everyone. With Two Towers, I just couldn’t wait to see Return of the King, there was so much suspense. I really loved that ROTK tied up all the loose ends, I felt completely satisfied, you know, like after Thanksgiving Dinner.
I think that Tolkien would likely have appreciated your answer – as he viewed the Trilogy as a single work.I prefer to think of them as all one movie, so I don’t have to pick a favorite.
Right, although this is emphasized more in the movie. The scene with Aragorn where Frodo says “can you protect me from yourself” is not in the book. I made one die-hard Tolkien fan mad by saying that I thought the addition of that scene actually improved the story. I’m not sure I would stand by that opinion now, but I think it was legitimate to make the situation somewhat clearer than it is in Tolkien. One of the intriguing questions about the books is why Aragorn never seems to be tempted by the Ring. . . .
Very interesting. I have not read the books so I would not have known this. Thanks for pointing it out. Things that make ya go
Yeah, like trying not to visualize Elijah Wood as Frodo when you’re reading the book.
I don’t have anything against Mr. Wood, but I think I would have imagined Frodo a bit differently had I read the book first.You mean when Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf, and the Elves take the last ship to the Undying Lands? Life Everlasting for a job well done!!