Home is behind, the world ahead. And there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, to the edge of night. Until the stars are all alight. Mist and shadow. Cloud and shade. All shall fade. All shall fade.
I’m definitely biased against Return of the King (RotK), because I really do just hate an ending. The journey, for me, is everything, and the destination never really lives up to its potential or one’s ideal. That being said, RotK is an…
I’ll begin with a confession. Although this is not my favourite of the trilogy (it’s very, very close), I have watched The Two Towers (TTT) about as much as The Fellowship and The Return of the King combined. Why is that? Because while the total 4 hours of TTT is arguably the 2nd best movie ever made, the final half of the movie, beginning from the battle with the Warg-riders, through to the end of Helm’s Deep, is the greatest…
‘The world is changed.’
When I heard this line for the very first time at the age of 7, I didn’t appreciate just how true it was. The Lord of the Rings, and more specifically The Fellowship of the Ring, is undoubtedly the movie which has most drastically impacted my life. My values, desires, interests, hobbies, and simple enjoyments have all been directed by the hundreds of viewings of these movies over the past 20+ years, and I am truly…
