Author Topic: Tolkien Fans? Please share your insights! (Read 2765 times)

Tiffany · « **on:** September 06, 2012, 09:31:34 AM »

Anyone here a Tolkein fan? I didn't know he was Catholic until recently. LOTR was on a display shelf so my ds checked it out. He finished LOTR, Hobbit (he said that it should have been read before LOTR :roll-laugh2: bad mom) I had just checked out everything under Tolkein the library had when he was done LOTR. He read Perilous Realm, Similarian, Lost Tales 1 and 2. He said the Lost Tales are a challenging read. I have to go pick up Beleriand and Middle Earth at the library.
I'd love to know your insights, tips, or anything you would share with someone reading his works.

Belloc · « **Reply #1 on:** September 06, 2012, 01:41:35 PM »

Gota a freind that is a huge Lord of Rings fan, he was :shocked: :shocked: that I have never read nor seen the movies.......do like this story:

"I vividly remember going to church with him in Bournemouth. He was a devout Roman Catholic and it was soon after the Church had changed the liturgy from Latin to English. My grandfather obviously didn't agree with this and made all the responses very loudly in Latin while the rest of the congregation answered in English. I found the whole experience quite excruciating, but my grandfather was oblivious. He simply had to do what he believed to be right"
-Simon Tolkien

Mathieu · « **Reply #2 on:** September 06, 2012, 02:49:40 PM »

My favorite by Tolkien was the Silmarillion - especially the creation story in the beginning.

Kazimierz · « **Reply #3 on:** September 06, 2012, 04:31:59 PM »

Hail elf friends

I am a very long time Tolkien fan. I read all of Tolkien's works at least once a year, and have been doing so for more than two decades. I listen to the audiobooks and dramatized versions more than once a year. I have taught and tutored Tolkien as well when I was working at an SSPX school.

Knowing the books and audio too well, I could not watch the Peter Jackson movies. I doubt I will go see The Hobbit but that is a matter for December.

I do have the One Ring, but not in gold. :-) Besides mithral silver, true silver, is technically worth more than gold anyway (in Middle Earth!)

I confess I have also dressed up as Gandalf for All Saints, having the mask, a real sword, the real staff, and church clerics to stand in for a robe. (and a churchwarden pipe, as I do enjoy pipeweed).

Namarie for now, from an old wizard who is young at heart :gandalf:

O Elbereth Gilthoniel

Marlelar · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2012, 09:04:00 PM »

Quote from: Tiffany

Anyone here a Tolkein fan? I didn't know he was Catholic until recently. LOTR was on a display shelf so my ds checked it out. He finished LOTR, Hobbit (he said that it should have been read before LOTR :roll-laugh2: bad mom) I had just checked out everything under Tolkein the library had when he was done LOTR. He read Perilous Realm, Similarian, Lost Tales 1 and 2. He said the Lost Tales are a challenging read. I have to go pick up Beleriand and Middle Earth at the library.
I'd love to know your insights, tips, or anything you would share with someone reading his works.

Keep a character list handy, sometimes I get lost trying to keep track of all the players.

I do like the Jackson interpretations of LOTR, but do keep in mind that he did not set out to do a line by line version of the books. I heard an interview with him about it and he said that the books are so intricate that they would be impossible to bring it all to the screen exactly as written. I think he did a good job keeping the essence of the story intact and brought Middle Earth to life. I wouldn't be at all surprised if many people have read the books simply because they saw the movies and wanted to know more.

Marsha

Sigismund · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2012, 07:47:02 PM »

Yes, I am a rather rabid fan. I understand the above post about the movies, but I still enjoyed them.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2012, 06:04:07 PM »

Quote from: Belloc

Gota a freind that is a huge Lord of Rings fan, he was :shocked: :shocked: that I have never read nor seen the movies.......do like this story:

"I vividly remember going to church with him in Bournemouth. He was a devout Roman Catholic and it was soon after the Church had changed the liturgy from Latin to English. My grandfather obviously didn't agree with this and made all the responses very loudly in Latin while the rest of the congregation answered in English. I found the whole experience quite excruciating, but my grandfather was oblivious. He simply had to do what he believed to be right"
-Simon Tolkien

:roll-laugh2:

Priceless! I love it!

And I love both the books, and the movie. It was very well done.

Kazimierz · « **Reply #7 on:** September 24, 2012, 04:53:51 PM »

I alas came across the FOTR movie again, and after three minutes, I had to turn away. Alas I have little hope for the Hobbit, apart from it being proposterous to extend a short book into three films. Greed, greed, and greed.

:gandalf: Time for some Old Toby..............

Sigismund · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2012, 09:43:14 PM »

Three?!? That is ridiculous. I thought it was only going to be two.

guitarplucker · « **Reply #9 on:** September 25, 2012, 10:55:47 PM »

I wonder what Tolkien would have thought about Ian McKellan playing Gandalf. Whenever he finds a bible in a hotel room he rips out the anti-ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ bits.

Kazimierz · « **Reply #10 on:** September 26, 2012, 10:09:08 AM »

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I wonder what Tolkien would have thought about Ian McKellan playing Gandalf. Whenever he finds a bible in a hotel room he rips out the anti-ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ bits.

I think he would be disgusted like the rest of us. Ole limp wristed Ian is a great reason to avoid the film.

Michael Horden, who voiced Gandalf in the BBC series, and other audio Tolkien works......THAT voice will always be Gandalf to me. And frankly all the other characters as well in LOTR.

I do believe I will skip the Hobbit film altogether. I do not want to put money into Jackson's pocket, and frankly, I do not trust he will do a good job.

For those who will got to see, may it be fruitful for thee.

I will rely on traditional artwork and my own imagination. :gandalf:

guitarplucker · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2012, 02:24:25 AM »

Quote from: Kazimierz

I do believe I will skip the Hobbit film altogether. I do not want to put money into Jackson's pocket, and frankly, I do not trust he will do a good job.

If it's anything like the other 3, you won't be missing out on much. I saw all of them and they're clunky and the action scenes are CGI generic.

Kazimierz · « **Reply #12 on:** October 02, 2012, 01:42:53 PM »

I have heard they are going to introduce female characters into the movie. Apart from a cameo by people of Dale, this is once again PC tinkering, turning the Hobbit into something that it is not.

Oh yes Virginia, there be balrogs among us, and they wear pants.