Lord of the rings was Use the delete button:) - I probably should

Ron Gatrelle gatrelle at tils-ttr.org
Tue Jan 8 14:25:49 EST 2002


Ron.
    Great post!  One of the best I've seen on this site in a year.  I agree
completely.  Especially about how great your kids are.  And the Whatsamatta
U line was hilarious.  Keep up the good work.

Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Gatrelle" <gatrelle at tils-ttr.org>
To: <MWalker at gensym.com>
Cc: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: Lord of the rings was Use the delete button:) - I probably
should


> I've read none of the books but have seen the movie.  Both of my older
kids
> (31 & 34) have seen the movie (twice).  They both own the books and have
> read them several times starting in High School.  They both liked the
> movie - a lot.  I went with my son.  Afterwards he had a number of
remarks.
> The one that sticks in my mind the most is that this is a three hour
movie
> as it is, and it is still "short" if one were to try to get in all that
is
> in the one book - Fellowship of the Ring.  A great many of the folks who
> will go see this will have never read the book(s) and are just your
> go-see-it-all-sci-fi-buffs (like me).   Hopefully, they will want to
"read
> the book" which often happens in these situations.  Actually, the Hobbits
> were small to me - you don't notice this at first because everyone in the
> opening part are all Hobbits -- till the wizard comes in and towers over
> them.
>
> One last thing.  My daughter has her MS in education and is an elementary
> school teacher (currently on leave to raise a young child).  My son'
degree
> is in Literature and is a published poet (been paid $100 hour to read his
> verse at Spoleto, he has also done tiny bits in two movies etc.)  So both
> of them are knowledgeable of the books, the arts, and the audience.  On a
> scale of 1 to 10 I'd say they rate it an 8.  Me?  I'm just waiting for
the
> next Terminator, Matrix, Star Wars, & Rocky movies to come out.
>
> Ron
>
> PS  That's Rocky and Bullwinkle by the way -- those proud grads of
> Whatsamatta U
> of which some a U must be gradutated of too.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Walker" <MWalker at gensym.com>
> To: <viceroy at GATE.NET>
> Cc: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:40 PM
> Subject: RE: Lord of the rings was Use the delete button:) - I probably
> should
>
>
> > Anne wrote about Stan writing about me writing:
> >
> > Well, anyway - thanks for the thought, Anne.  Actually, it's been years
> > since I last read the Trilogy, and my son has actually never read it
for
> > himself.  I read the books to him out loud as a small child, and he
read
> The
> > Hobbit himself a few years ago (he's 15 now).  The choice to reread the
> > books was based on my desire for him NOT to avoid the book on account
of
> > already seeing the film.  Doing this together made it fun. I am about
six
> > chapters ahead of him, so he's chasing me - though he will probably
> overtake
> > me, given his reading ability over mine (and that was the general idea,
> > after all).
> >
> > As for furry feet - well, I must admit that I have long cherished my
own
> > imaginings of Middle Earth, and will probably be disappointed about a
> number
> > of things (lack of furry feet probably being one of them).  On the
other
> > hand, I've been enjoying how familiar the previews have been, having
just
> > read through "The Fellowship of the Rings".  Actually, I was a long
time
> > disciple of Hollywood, having spent many adolescent years playing with
> 8mm
> > and aspiring to be a director, but now find myself disenchanted with
most
> of
> > what Hollywood is spewing.  This is a film, however, I am sure I will
> enjoy
> > - poor depiction of Hobbits and all.
> >
> > As far as leps - well, I'm as sick as they come.  I can't fly over
> > countryside without getting lost in the thought of exploring it with my
> net.
> > I can't watch TV commercials depicting natural habitat without thinking
> of
> > butterflies.  The concept of lepping in Middle Earth?  It takes the
genre
> of
> > "Fantasy" to a whole new level.  I can see myself as some sort of Tom
> > Bombadil, prancing about the countryside and doing the "Misty Mountain
> Hop".
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > >
> >
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