finished the first part of my Lord of the Rings reread the other day, having completed Part 1 of the book: “The Fellowship of the Ring.” Since it’s been about 30 years since I last read these books, much of what I know of the story comes from the movies and not my original reading of…
onight I finished the most remarkable chapter I’ve encountered thus far in my rereading of The Lord of the Rings: “The Council of Elrond.” I have absolutely no memory of this the first time around, and everything I thought I knew about it going into it was from the movie, The Fellowship of the Ring. I’ve said…
ith the first part of The Hobbit coming to theaters mid-December, I started thinking about the inevitable 24-hour marathon watchings that will start taking place roughly three years from now. My logic goes something like this: December 2012: The Hobbit, Part 1 released in theaters Fall 2013: The Hobbit, Part 1 released on BluRay (or equivalent) December 2013: The Hobbit, Part…