Recently, I have watched "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", a total of six parts, which are still very fresh. I'm ashamed to say, this is the first time I've watched the extended version, and I watched it at home and using station B to screen. (By the way, the subtitle group at station B is invincible, which is why I feel fresh.)
Seeing the big from the small is one of the reasons why I think Tolkien can spend his life building the world of The Lord of the Rings without letting the story come to an end. Although the main line of the story focuses on two generations of Baggins: Bilbo and Frodo, a sprawling world of Middle-earth gradually emerges from their adventures. Although there are lines of Pi Ping and Merry, but the main line and the branch line are distinct, this way of writing does not make the whole world view collapse (unlike some fantasy novels, the story is too long to be taken back, yes, yes, what I said is You "A Song of Ice and Fire"!)
And the hidden protagonists behind these two stories are the two kings who are in pursuit of the throne: Thorin Oakenshield and Aragorn (Elsa), but at the end of the story, it may be because of character, the ending of the two kings It's different.
escape
Let's talk about Aragorn first. In the movie, his age is set at 87 years old, and he has been escaping his whole life.
He escaped being discovered by King Sauron's demon eye, because he was a descendant of the Numenoreans and the legal heir of Gondor. Once discovered by Sauron, mankind would be destroyed by resisting the banner of darkness, so he escaped write.
He even avoided becoming a king, because his ancestors had been swallowed up by the temptation of Capricorn, and Aragorn, who had the blood of his ancestors, was afraid of repeating the same mistakes and being swallowed up by darkness.
He is also running away from the love of the Elf Princess Arwen and the Luohan Princess Eowyn: for Arwen, he is afraid that Arwen will be dragged down by his own adventures; for Eowyn, he can't, because he already has a love in his heart. Since when did he choose not to run away, but to face the challenges he was destined to face? Did it start with meeting Frodo? After Gandalf fell into the abyss and started leading the Lord of the Rings squad? Or after being tempted by the Lord of the Rings? It is unknown, it may be that after these heavy tests, the king has been sharpened and finally become a great cause!
conceited
In "The Hobbit", Thorin Oakenshield, who also bears the great cause of restoring the country, reveals self-confidence from beginning to end. This kind of self-confidence is even conceited at times, but it is such a character that allows him to unite the dwarves and serve The struggle to retake Erebo. Unlike Aragorn, he does not believe in himself and, like his grandfather, goes mad with gold. When he cut off Azog's hand, he believed that it was him, Thorin Oakenshield, who would lead the revival of the dwarves and regain the Lonely Mountain, but this confidence (conceit) also had a sense of inferiority, which This kind of inferiority led to his distrust of his companions, elves, and humans on the eve of the "Battle of the Five Armies", which was different from Aragorn, or the more regrettable point of "The Hobbit" is that Thorin came by epiphany. Complete his own redemption, which makes the audience a little bit unable to turn around, maybe because of this, Thorin's redemption is not complete, and the movie finally makes Thorin's death more glorious.
In fact, after reading these six epics, you can still feel the sense of fate of the heroes.
After "The Lord of the Rings", so many years have passed, and there is still no epic masterpiece that can match it. There may be close, but it is still unfinished. (A Song of Ice and Fire again) Descendants still haven't been able to challenge this framework. It is enough for our audience and readers to encounter one in their lifetime!
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