75 reasons: Thomas Honegger
Well, I would actually recommend to listen to a good recording, such as the unabridged reading by Rob Inglis who takes you through Tolkien’s tale within eleven hours (– the same goes for The...
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Today a not so serious post. A picturesque comment on modern day’s Thorin Oakenshield.
While watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey I could not help but think of two other modern film and tv series characters of influence and importance – and their beards. Although I appreciate Richard...
Why “The Hobbit” is more than just the sum of its parts. A film review – spoiler alert.
This is a three-part article on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey or rather: a collection of random first impressions. The first part is a more general comment on the film as a literary adaptation,...
75 reasons: Michael Drout
The Heroic World and the Bourgeois World Each Have Something to Offer An important structural dynamic in The Hobbit is the interaction of the bourgeois world with the heroic.[1] Bilbo, with his pocket...
75 reasons: Dimitra Fimi
Why should one read The Hobbit before watching the film? Because, judging by the trailers and interviews, the Hobbit film adaptation will be presented as a coherent ‘prequel’ to The Lord of the Rings...
75 reasons: Douglas A. Anderson
In my view, when a work exists in a form that has been popular enough to precipitate a film being made of it, I’ve usually tried to experience the original before the adaptation. This...
75 reasons: Jonathan Fruoco
“In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.” This sentence is without any doubt the best reason why one should read The Hobbit, and the simple fact of quoting these magical words...
75 reasons: Guglielmo Spirito
. . . . . In the entrance hallway of that sumptuous home there was an enormous mirror, very old; acquired at least eighty years ago. A strikingly beautiful boy, a tailor’s assistant,...
Starting today: Presenting Tolkiendili from all over the world
I am very glad to start another category on my website, this time a number of presentations from societies, smials and special interest groups from all over the world (and maybe a number of...
The Lithuanian Tolkien Society
Tolkien fandom in Lithuania and Tolkien Lietuva The works of J.R.R.Tolkien first came to Lithuania in 1985, the year when The Hobbit was published in Lithuanian. To be sure, ‘samizdat’ translations such as those...