The Fellowship of the Ring

Peter Jackson

I read this trilogy twice...once in 1965, once in 1975. When I saw this at the theater I was thrilled that Jackson had done such a good job translating it to the screen. What he accomplished was as good as I had seen in my imagination while I was reading it.

I should have left it there. Watching it now all I could see was the silliness of the story...how calculated it was. And I got sick of following characters around who were terrified all the time...grossly over-matched by forces much more powerful than they were. But, of course, they always triumph against crippling odds.

A fairy tale I should have treasured in memory.

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