The Hall of Fire

Just saw BotFA for the third and last time (in cinema). The ending, especially Bilbo's farewell to the company of dwarves was even more moving this time, probably because it is also my goodbye from (cinematic) Middle-earth. It truly is an acquired taste: The more times you watch it the less focused ...

Glad to hear that, Voronwë! And have fun, Jude.

Voronwë the Faithful wrote:

There was some stuff that I liked.

Were there more parts you liked than you disliked?

Bought christmas presents today and my 8 year old cousin will get his first Tolkien book. It is of course The Hobbit and I found this beautiful hardcover edition with illustrations by Alan Lee. Hopefully, he'll love it.

Beutlin wrote:@ Helm Hammerhand: I quite agree...it's like we are brothers or something.

You're right but we've never even met.

Voronwë, do I recall correctly that you asked about Balin saying something about "passing into legend" as sort of a contrast to his telling Thorin that "they were hardly the stuff of legends"? I paid extra attention this time and he does say something like this to Bilbo about Tho...

AUJ: Prologue - "And he never forgave, and he never forgot." :bow: Good morning dialogue Misty Mountains Song Azanulbizar Bunny sled - just kidding but I actually though it was very entertaining :whistle: First meeting of the White Council Helicopter shot of the company after leaving Riven...

Thank you.

Hey there, my first post. I'm that brother of Beutlin's who's been lurking around here. He convinced me to register and write some of my thoughts on this board as well. So, here I am. :) Generally, I agree with most of my brother's sentiments. Here are a few things I'd like to add: While the first t...