Tome Thursday: The Return of the King

 

Hello everyone!

 

Well, we made it.

 

Against all odds - mostly because I wasn't entirely sure I'd be able to make this possible, given I was so sick at one point I felt like I was coughing up vital organs along with my sanity - we've finally reached the end of the road.

 

At least, for the time being.

 

Like I mentioned in Tuesday's post, I'll still be having a look at The War of the Rohirrim, just to see whether or not it's worth the watch, and possibly it'll find its way onto the blog post at some point or other.

 

However, that's going to have to wait, because lo and behold, tonight's post is the very last "regular" of this calendar year.

 

Advent begins this weekend, and if you've been following my blog for some years, you know what that means.

 

For now, let's take the road less-travelled, as they say, and make sure we end things right, in The Return of the King.

 

Tome Thursday: The Two Towers

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back.

 

You've probably figured out by now, if you're a casual reader of this blog, that I'm covering The Lord of the Rings in both movie and book form on here for the remainder of this autumn season.

 

Of course, if you've been paying attention and are a long-time follower, you know I love ANYTHING Tolkien that I can get my hands on.

 

Lord of the Rings? My favourite of all time.

 

So really, this sequence of events was a no-brainer.

 

In fairness, I might eventually look at other book-to-movie things and review them side-by-side if I can, or if I feel like it, but for now let's stop dallying, shall we?

 

It's time to make further steps towards Mordor, and we won't be able to do them unless we actually get to it.

 

Here's to The Two Towers.

 

Tome Thursday: The Fellowship of the Ring

 

Hello everyone!

 

Saw this coming, didn't you?

 

If you didn't, then you should have.

 

It makes the most logical sense to cover the movie trilogy and then ensure that the book will be standing right alongside it, just because.

 

And also for all the differences that came from adapting the text onto our screens!

 

Peter Jackson did a wonderful job, but we have to remember that it was Tolkien who first started all of this and wrote an epic saga that we continue to be drawn to years after its initial publication.

 

For me, personally, I read these books once a year, without fail, and have done so for over a decade now, but I STILL discover new things each time I read.

 

I also cry every time I read, that too.

 

So without further ado, let's hop right into The Fellowship of the Ring.

 

Saturday Snippet: Frodo Baggins

 

I hear you, Merphy.

I salute you.

 

Frodo Baggins = 💙

 

xx

*video not mine

The Lord of the Rings (Booktober)

 

"One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them." 

 

So because I sort of left you all hanging yesterday for both an actual blog post AND the first Booktober post (it being October 1 and all that), I picked a pretty massive choice for tonight. Because what better way to celebrate the fall season than to go on what has to be the most epic adventure of all? Join Frodo and the Fellowship as they embark on the dangerous trek across Middle-Earth to fight off the evil arising from Mordor. Along the way, meet trolls, Elves, tree shepherds, and meddle in the affairs of wizards at your own peril!

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, to rule over all others. But the One Ring was taken from him. And in the sleepy village of the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task: he must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-Earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose ...

(from the book jacket)

xx

*image not mine

Talkie Saturday: The Last Witch Hunter

"Do you know what it's like to live forever?"

Hello everyone!

So since this past Tuesday was Halloween I figured I'd give up on trying to post something on my blog not connected to it, but I'd completely forgotten about this movie which has been sitting in my little sheep notebook for a while now. 

Of course, had I taken five seconds of my time and noticed Vin Diesel on the cover of the DVD, I might have remembered better.

The Last Witch Hunter isn't the kind of movie that I imagine great, global masses would rave about as they do with some other Diesel films in existence, but as for me I loved it. Whether it was because we got to see Sir Diesel in something else besides him riding or dying in fast cars jumping over submarines, or because Elijah Wood cured my inner wish for seeing more Frodo Baggins, I can't say.

What I can certainly admit to, though, is that I enjoyed the time I spent watching Diesel's character run around on screen as the unstoppable force of nature he always is.

I mean, come on; we all knew this was gonna be a street fight!