Four and a half stars.

Bret 2022-04-24 07:01:02

Goodbye, Middle-earth.
Why is The Lord of the Rings so good? For me, the answer is simple: it builds a world. The existence of this world is so real that it seems to be within reach - well, Peter Jackson.
"The Lord of the Rings" is "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin", but in the East, I always thought that not many people knew about it. Just like when you mention Sun Wukong to an American, he may also think that it is a person who knows how to use vitality. Play guy. The Lord of the Rings first came out in 2001, and I'm sure I didn't know anything about RR Tolkien until then. I just shrugged at the empty boxes in the video rental store.
Maybe I only watched The Lord of the Rings in 2002, or maybe 2003. I watched it several times later. Later, it was ten years later that I picked up the original novel, "The Children of Hu Lin" and "The Hobbit".
I don't see the need to create an Elvish language - it's great, of course, but it's somewhere in between to say how much it contributed to the story of The Lord of the Rings; I suspect it's just because of that kind of thing It was easier for Tolkien, or, more excited for him than the story of The Lord of the Rings itself.
We know the reality of the world is full of malice.
It took me a lot of effort to read through "Children of Hulin", and I have no impression now, except for the piles of names and genealogy in it; "The Hobbit" is a children's book, not necessarily better than "The Thirteenth of Captain Blue Bear" Half-Life is brilliant. "The Lord of the Rings"... at least not a big tome at the moment.
The back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and the front waves died on the beach. Pioneers of a subject often end up in two ways. One of the ends is to be forgotten, even if someone remembers it, it will only be mentioned with contempt; for there are countless latecomers. The second end is to be offered to the altar, and no one can open their eyes when the light shines brightly; because it achieves immortality as soon as it comes up, making it impossible for the latecomers to surpass it.
In fact, the end of the second is more tragic.
In any case, I think the six films of The Lord of the Rings are far better than the text.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies quotes

  • Thranduil: If I am not mistaken, this is the Halfing who stole the keys to my dungeon right from under the nose of my guards.

    Bilbo Baggins: Yesh. Sorry about that.

  • Gandalf: Dragon sickness is a malady that affects all of us.

    [looks at Bilbo]

    Gandalf: Well, almost all of us.