Talkie Tuesday: The Battle of the Five Armies

 

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit ..."

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the conclusion of the epic prequel trilogy Peter Jackson served us with in true George Lucas style.

 

I mean, usually you'd film the first movies first, chronologically, then continue on with the story to the end that the author's written, right?

 

Well, like I said, USUALLY.

 

But both Lucas and Jackson ended up filming the conclusions FIRST, before circling back to the beginnings (I'm not looking at the Sequels in any way, shape or form at this time).

 

So without further ado and more chatter from me, let's check right back in, because last time we left a royally pissed-off dragon heading straight for some unsuspecting, vulnerable and squishy humans to deal with them.

 

Smaug may suck at interior decorating, but he sure does know how to deliver death and destruction in The Battle of the Five Armies.

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Desolation of Smaug

 

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit ..."

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the second part of our own incredible journey through Middle-Earth via the movies that have been released over the years.

 

Was I partly inspired to rewatch these because of how dismally I'm disappointed with Rings of Power?

 

Possibly.

 

In any event, I promised you all six of Peter Jackson's masterpieces, and so here we are with number two of the saga.

 

As you can probably tell, I'm really fond of doing things chronologically if I possibly can, so that's why we're starting with The Hobbit rather than with the trilogy that Jackson made first.

 

So without further ado, let's jump right back into it, and check out what our Dwarves have been up to, in The Desolation of Smaug.

 

Saturday Snippet: The Greatest Adventure

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*video not mine

One (Booktober)

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit."

I ask you, who DOESN'T know this iconic first line? If you don't, you may as well have been living under a rock for decades. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien is a fantastic way to start our Booktober, because it has it all: adventure, funky characters (here's looking at you, Gandalf), walkabouts in autumn, and a there-and-back again kind of story.

Also a dragon.

And the best thing? You don't have to move an inch from your favourite reading spot!

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen Dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on a journey to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon ...

(from the book jacket)

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: The Hobbit

Hello everyone!

Alright, alright, I will admit, I can never seem to get over the whole Tolkien phase at all, even for a little bit. I'm always reading something or other from the master, and recently I've discovered that I need to be very careful about what I do before bed or else I might end up awake until the wee morning hours.

So to try and combat that, I decided to read every night before I went to sleep, which means that I was going to pick something I would enjoy, of course.

Naturally, I picked the Hobbit, because for one thing it was meant to be a bed time story, and for another I just love reading about Bilbo and the Dwarves, who are pretty much a comedic relief in comparison to what you see in the movies sometimes.

Then of course, I'm now debating what else to read before bed and I might tackle the Silmarillion next, but we will see!

For the time being, let's dip into the review of the Hobbit, book version.