I had finally
gotten to that place on my to-do list where it says, “See the entire trilogy of
The Lord of the Rings movies.” I had wanted to see them for a long time, and
about a week ago, I finished the third one for the first time. The ending was
bittersweet for me. Mostly because I love Frodo and it was sad to see him
leave. But I loved how Arwen and Aragorn got married, and when the Hobbits got
back to The Shire, Sam got married. There is a small soft place in my heart for
things like that. I guess that’s why I watch the Valentine Day movies on
Hallmark Channel…
Anyway, the first time we saw a Hobbit was in
the beginning of the first movie, The
Fellowship of The Ring. The Hobbit was Frodo Baggins. When we (being my
sister and I) saw him, we were both like, “whoa.” His eyes were so incredibly
blue, it was fantastic. Then we got Gandalf the Gray, who was amazing. He was
an instant favorite for me, and I still can’t figure out why. When he—stopping for
spoilers—fell somewhere during the middle of the film, I honestly gasped. I
thought that he had surely died. And I was devastated!
The Fellowship consisted of Frodo, Sam, Merry
and Pippin, who were all Hobbits. Pippin being my favorite of course, I think because
of his accent. It was cute when he was asking Merry if Aragorn—who at that point
was Strider—if he was aware of “second breakfast.” If I can find the real
quote, I will post it. Got it ;)
Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop 'til nightfall.
Pippin: What about breakfast?
Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop 'til nightfall.
Pippin: What about breakfast?
Aragorn: You've already had it.
Pippin: We've had one, yes. What about second breakfast?
[Aragorn turns and walks off in disgust]
Merry: I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?
Merry: I wouldn't count on it.
The other members including Aragorn, Legolas—who
is an Elf, a pretty awesome one—and then Gimli, who was a
Dwarf, and then Boromir, who was the son of a King. I only figured that
out during the last movie when Gandalf—yes! He came back! I was soooo happy!—told
the King about his death. Gandalf was also on the team, but was temporarily out
of it for quite some time. He was found again in the second one, The Two Towers.
By then, however,
Frodo and Sam were on their way to Mordor by themselves, until they met Gollum,
who was actually Sméagol! Sméagol is really creepy to me, but I was sad for him
because he was constantly fighting with his mind.
All in all, I think
that the last one was my favorite. They were all fantastically wonderful, so it’s
hard to choose. I am going to read the original novel as soon as I can. I have
it sitting on my shelf right under The
Hobbit. I am going to read that one first though. The movie for The Hobbit
came out and I cannot wait to see it! I have seen costumes and screenshots and
it looks amazing! It’s going to be awesome to be able to see how Bilbo got the ring;
in movie form of course…I think there is going to be another Hobbit movie called
There and Back Again; which is the
name of the book that Bilbo was working on.
Soooooo…That’s what I have been doing lately.
Watching movies and now I am trying to learn how to write in Elvish. (I love
how Microsoft Word doesn't spell-check Frodo or even Sméagol…^.^)
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In other news, I
have learned that Karen Witemeyer has a new book coming out this summer! It’s
called Stealing the Preacher and we get Crockett’s point of view!
I had always wondered how Short-Straw
Bride—which I have just finished for the second time—would have been like
if Crockett had been the one to marry Meredith. I have a feeling that this new
one is going to be awesome. I have finished Head
in the Clouds a couple weeks ago, and now I have To Win Her Heart on hold at the library again. I guess that’s what
you do when you have a favorite author—of that genre of books—you read them all
over and over again. Again, I am SO excited! Clicky here for her book site.
Other books that I have tried to accomplish
would be Crookedstar’s Promise by
Erin Hunter. It’s a Super Warriors Edition. So far it has been really good. It
must be somewhat easy to write something with a familiar character in it. Rather
than starting from scratch with a new character.
The story, in the beginning, follows this kit
called Stormkit, but an accident with a slippery rock inspired his new name. He
had broken his jaw and his mother had Hailstar rename him. My first thought
was, “Dang, Rainflower, you are a cruel mother.” Basically, for a long time,
she disowned him. Paying more attention to her other kit, Oakkit. His kit name then became Crookedkit, then
Crookedpaw. I haven’t gotten to the point in the story where he receives his
Warrior name, but I know from reading Bluestar’s
Prophecy, that his Warrior name is Crookedjaw. He had joked about that
during a gathering when he had first met Bluepaw. This was an older age of the Clans, back in
the day of Pinestar of Thunderclan, and Hailstar of RiverClan. Not too long before Bluestar took over, but it
was some moons before Rusty (Fireheart) joined ThunderClan. Honestly I think
Firestar is the best Clan leader ever, but that’s because he is my favorite. I
am now getting off track…
Anyway, what I was trying to get too is that I
do own Bluestar’s Prophecy and I had torn it from the bookshelf when Crookedpaw
began talking to Bluepaw at a Gathering.
It was so cool because I was reading the same scene, but in two
different POVs. For the writing geek in me, it was amazing. It was kind of like that when I was reading Yellowfang’s
book. That book ended with Yellowfang being banished from ShadowClan, in which she
wandered into ThunderClan territory. That’s when Firepaw had found her and took
her back to ThundeClan’s camp. I think that that may have been the middle of
the first or the second Warriors books from the first series group.
All the first 5
books of the Warriors series were in Firepaw’s view. ~sigh~ It has been a while
since I have read those, but I had read those 5 about 3 times for each book. I
have read the second group of books twice, and surprisingly, I had only read
the third group once or twice. There are a few books from the fourth group that
I haven’t read yet…Then some super editions, and then I think I have read them
all! I think I have read 4 of the Super ones…Firestar’s being my favorite…There
was a lot of Sandstorm drama in that one. Heh…Awesome book, nonetheless.
Well, I have pretty much blogged myself out
for today. Except I have one more thing to say.
With a second of
thinking from my sister, we have come to the conclusion, that Ed Sheeran, must
be a Hobbit. Yes.
Ah yes.
~Natsu
