![]() I don’t think Bilbo gets enough merit for being the only one that, in the Ring’s entire history, could give it up in his own free will, after having it for so long. So, let’s stop first in our so beloved Shire, where four of our dear heroes were born and raised. Not a single one is perfect, and they all make mistakes. Everything is so well done, with such a perfect balance between the emotional and rational sides, that these characters become fully alive and relatable, essentially human (even when, technically, not all of them are human), with feelings, strengths and weaknesses in equal measure. And I think we can all agree that not many movies accomplish that (in terms of adaptation, that is). Since I didn’t know the books back then, I can only imagine (and envy) the fans’ excitement over the first trailers and pictures of the movie, with all these beloved characters coming to life, in ways that seem that, either they jumped right out of the books, or you’ve been pulled in with them. They are all little worlds themselves, that make one, wonderful whole. You would need one for the music, one for the costume design, another one for the writing, and so on. I never want to leave this world, because there’s nowhere else to go after it.Įverything about these three movies is so overwhelmingly perfect, I mean… The music, the costumes, the settings, the acting… it all blends perfectly to take us in this unforgettable journey, so full of details, that it’s impossible to do justice to all of them in one single review. ![]() Nothing was ever like it, and nothing will be. I’ve seen the best”, and there’s nothing I can do about it. And every time I finish the books or the movies, I have these weird feeling inside, like an emptiness, of thinking “ that’s it, this is the best. It’s easy to believe that what you are reading actually happened, that this world exists out there, somewhere. I know it is fantasy, but the way it is written makes it feel like actual history, with detailed facts about the past and the origin of those who inhabit Middle Earth, and the languages that, even though they are totally made-up, make perfect sense, grammar-wise. Isn’t it wonderful, when you simply forget that you are reading, or watching? When the world is left outside, and you are so into the story, that you don’t care about anything else? Because that’s how I feel with Lord of the Rings. A world that was unlike anything I had ever known, that obsessed me, made me fall in love with epic fantasy, and started to keep me up at night, wishing to be taking a stroll in Rivendell, having second breakfast in the Shire, riding with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli over the plains of Rohan, fighting in Helm’s Deep, or even running through Moria, with these people that had suddenly become my best friends, in a way I never saw coming. ![]() Before the movies, I had never heard of the books, so for me, they were the introduction to this world. It was that trailer that played in the cinemas right before Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone started, and by then I couldn’t even imagine how it would take over my heart. I was just a child when I first heard of Lord of the Rings. ![]()
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