(A friend of mine who is deep into the Tolkien fan community tells me not everyone approves of the changes made in the movies, but I liked them because they work, and also because print and film have different necessities.).Įpic fantasy is about the struggle between good and evil, which is why watching the LOTR trilogy got me to thinking about the many kinds of heroism. I read the trilogy long ago in college, and while I never became a fanatic or reread the books, the story was powerful enough that I never forgot the plot or the main characters.īecause it’s the movies that have imprinted most forcibly on my mind, I’m going to be musing about the characters as they appear in the movies, not the books, because the depictions aren’t not always the same.
But a great story doesn’t age, and Tolkien understood the power of epic tales of danger, destruction, and heroism. I was startled to realize that it’s been a dozen years since the first movie came out, ten years since the last. Warning: I will be giving spoilers, so if you’ve not seen the movies and don’t want to know what happens, stop right here! We just finished rewatching DVDs of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and once more the story and characters riveted me.
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