My Hobbit and LOTR Post

As many of my family and friends well know, I am a very big "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" fan (a big J.R.R. Tolkien fan you might say).   As I have said in previous posts, I am slowly working on the LOTR trilogy and I read "The Hobbit" (one of my very favorite books).  Reading "The Hobbit" before watching the movie really helped me understand and appreciate the movie and even the LOTR movies.  Tolkien sure did put a LOT of thought into his books!  I would really love to learn all the Catholic/Christian symbolism behind his stories (I know very little of the symbolism).  I should read what the author, Joseph Pearce, writes about the symbolism of "The Hobbit" in his book "Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit ". 

The LOTR movies were wonderful!  I especially love Gandalf's wisdom in the movies.  I am definitely adding some of his quotes to my quote collection and on my blog's quote page.  I still have to watch the extended edition of the three movies.  I saw some clips of the extended edition on youtube and have learned so much more about things I didn't understand in the shorter version.  I also love how "The Hobbit, An unexpected Journey" and the LOTR movies connect. 

I am dying to see the second "Hobbit" movie! I hear that the preview for the second Hobbit movie, "The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug" will be shown before the "Man of Steel" Superman movie coming out  in Theater on June 14.

Well, enough of my ranting.  Have any personal thoughts on the books and/or movies?  Who are your favorite characters?  Mine are Kili, Fili, Bofer, and Bilbo (in The Hobbit) and Sam, Frodo, Legolas, and Gimli (in the LOTR Trilogy).

God bless!

 ~ littleromanJMJ