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Andrew Koltuniuk (762 KP) rated The Hobbit in Books
May 26, 2020
Andrew Koltuniuk (762 KP) rated The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) in Books
May 14, 2020
The Lord of the Rings was my favorite book series growing up. I compare all of the books that I read to Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien spent so much time and effort on these books, that is it is easy to see just how incredible they are. The Two Towers does a very effective job of picking up where the first book leaves off. I love the story as we follow Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli in their adventures across Middle Earth. Tolkien does a fantastic job of building the tension and heightening this book.
Cumberland (1142 KP) created a poll about in The Smashbomb Book Club
May 20, 2019 (Updated May 27, 2019)
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
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A peerless A-Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, fully...
David McK (3425 KP) rated The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) in Movies
Sep 17, 2023
Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien and Mark Walker
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Fascinating for Latin learners and for Tolkien fans of all ages, The Hobbit has been translated into...
Lenard (726 KP) rated Tolkien (2019) in Movies
May 19, 2019
Tolkien is a biopic of author/professor JRR Tolkien, the writer of The Hobbit and other fantasy novels. The only reason it was greenlit was to ensnare fans of the LOTR. The film opens with Ronald in the trenches of Belgium during WWI suffering from trench fever. He is overcome with a need to find his friend who he learns is nearby and in dire trouble. We then flashback to his country childhood home located in a village reminiscent of The Shire from his novels. His father has died and left the family with little hope of survival. The church has found a new home for the Tolkiens in Lake-town, I mean Birmingham. Soon, his mother is dead, Ronald and his brother become wards of the Catholic Church and are moved into the home of elderly woman who already cares for a young female pianist. Tolkien earns scholarship to a local private school where he accidentally becomes friends with other artistically inclined young men. One of whom, the poet, is secretly in love with Tolkien. Thus, with a kiss, I die in the trenches of Belgium fron poison gas. The whole film spends so much time finding connections to his famous novels, it never really gets to know the writer himself. Plus, Nicholas Hoult does not help much playing the writer like a Hugh Grant rom-com character. He even does the squinting quirk multiple times to romance his boarding house companion.
