Posted on 11/27/2001 8:56:31 PM PST by sourcery
I am astonished that there seems to be a belief that LOTR does not appeal to women. I think I've read it at least 10 times by now. Sword and sorcery is my favorite genre.
But then again, I'm not your ordinary chick ;)
Uhhhh, would everyone please send "go into labor" vibes my way so that I don't miss the opening of this movie? Thanks.
I started reading in my dorm room in Graham Hall at LSU on a Monday afternoon after classes, my sophomore year in college, in the spring.
I read until I fell asleep, about 4 AM on Tuesday. I had no morning classes on Tuesday and Thursday. I awoke, ate lunch at the cafeteria by Kirby Smith dorm, went to class Tues PM, and then returned to my room and started reading again.
I skipped class Wednesday and read.
I skipped class Thursday and read, only pausing to eat when I noticed the time.
Friday morning about 9 or 10 AM, I finished. I had LIVED in Middle Earth for almost four days. It had become more real than reality.
I was heartbroken as I walked back to Sam's cottage with him, knowning that while someday Sam, as a bearer of the ring, might sail across the sea and be reunited with Frodo, Bilbo and Gandalf, that I would never see them again... I wept.
It was the most all-encompassing reading experience I could possibly conceive anyone of having. I have always read intensely and into oblivion, becoming engrossed and unaware of my surroundings. It is a "cinematic" experience for me as I am a strong visualizer (you ought to see some of the dreams I have!)
I have never duplicated that experience again, even when I have reread the Hobbit plus the Trilogy hard on the heels of one another.
Maybe - just maybe - this movie (these movies) will bring me there for a second time.
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
You're welcome. It took me forever to figure out why Tom was in the story. It took even longer to learn to respect Goldberry as one of the most powerful women in the drama.
G'head. Ask me why. G'head.
Shalom.
I'm pretty sure that the Elves rings belonged to Elrond, Galadriel, and the Elf Lord at Grey Haven (I'm drawing a blank on the name). If Aragorn acquired a ring, it was only when the elves were leaving Middle Earth.
It doesn't get going 'til they leave Rivendell. Everything before that is setup.
My Trilogy initiation was nearly identical to yours. I, too, was completely transported and immersed in Middle Earth for about 3 or 4 days, as I recall, during my college days (though I had dropped out then, only to return a number of years later)...Later I named my bike (10-speed) Sting (there's a strange reason). On my 33rd birthday I threw my own party and gave presents to my friends. I really feel I should reread the 3 books before I see the movie. I don't think I could recreate that 1st experience either, but I want to bring the characters and scenes to life in my own way before I see Hollywood's intepretation. BTW: I was in New Orleans last week and had a Muffaletta at Frank's Grocery. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
Not so long as he keeps his hands off of the entfruit. ; )
Was this the one that had the memorable line: "Where there's a whip, there's a way."
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