I am glad friend

I fear for you as I do my own self. I am here with you

I lost my grandfather just recently. I may have not had a just as strong of a relationship like you no doubt had with yours, but, I know the feeling.

That was an honourable thing to do for his funeral

I wish they put this on mine

The best

I've watched hundreds of movies from the 1960a movies until now, LOTR trilogy is definitely the best trilogy of all time. Not even star wars, Indiana Jones or the Godfather comes close

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Same 🥰

Same

Shedding tears right now...

I am turning My Home into a Slash zone

We all agree.

Hello brianmallen8887, Thank you for your comment here. I heartily agree with you that no film , however well done, can do full justice to Tolkien's vision. I believe this opinion is shared by many people who love Tolkien's books. If you don't mind my my asking, I am curious what you are referring to as "a bittersweet death" in your closing sentence? Are you thinking of the severing of the close friendship and bond between Frodo and Samwise? Or, perhaps, of that between Frodo and Gandalf, and the three hobbits, Samwise, Meriadoc & Peregrin? Kind regards, Peter

@@peterselig9210 Thank you Peter. Very kind comment, and not just cause we agree on something. Reading LOTR and the Hobbit as a child was such a joyful experience. The adventure, the different creatures, the magic, no religion. ..Cut to this video of a conversation between C.S. Lewis and J.R.twice Tolkien. Jesus, it was like the literary equivelant of Isaac Newton and Einstein talking. Deeeep! The jist was Myth vs. Religion..What I got from it was this Tolkien guy wasn't a simple man telling a simple story. Although in a sense it is: Middle Ages+ A Quest= J.R.R. Tolkien. .With one crucial addition: He had spectacular, original imagination. Underneath all that is like the roots of a tree. The bare bones and structural elements of the mythic this and that underpinned that simple and spectacular story. My 12 year old self was profoundly saddened by the Grey Havens ending. Emotionally but not consciously I knew it meant death. Yeah, I know that the Elves and Gandalf and Frodo were getting on a ship sailing to some paradise off shore. But I think Tolkien was softening the blow to all of us so emotionally caught up in the story. It was illogical. They won the war against Sauron + minions. "Sweet." But their reward is to "fade" away. "Bitter." Why leave? A whole lot of myth making was going on. Having it all make some kind of sense was a tricky wicket for sure, reconciling some mythic "traveling on" against hard nosed, bare bones reality. "Fading away" as a stand-in for death. Back to the convo between Tolkien and Lewis. One said to the other, "are you sure that fairies and goblins and all the rest didn't actually exist?" The other said "religion is myth." So I ask you, what did it all mean to you?

What is the name of the character taken away by Gandalf?

@@updownstate If you're talking about at the end of this video, it's Frodo. In the movie, Bilbo also goes with them on the boat.

Hello, @@Cindel_and_Wicket, Thank you for your comment here. In fact, in the book, as well as the movie, Bilbo goes with Gandalf and Frodo onto the ship. The movie is simply following the book in this regard. Kind regards, Peter Selig

Hi @@peterselig9210! Thank you for your kind response (which are shamefully rare on the internet). I actually did know that both Frodo and Bilbo go onto the ship in the book. My response to Diane's question was based on the assumption that she wasn't as familiar with the story, and since this video only includes scenes from the film adaptations, I felt it was adequate to give a simple answer with a simple addition of contextual information. Nonetheless, thank you also for your addition. If Diane should have anymore questions, our collective knowledge will surely be satisfactory. Sincerely, ~ Sikah

Dear Sikah (@@Cindel_and_Wicket), Thank you for your kind words. Sorry, in turn, that I maybe was a little "picky" in my reply to you. Thank you for your explanation of why you answered Diane's question as you did, taking into consideration that she might not be very familiar with the story, and thus you added some background information to help her understand it all better! Thanks for your kind words about how our collective knowlege can be sufficient for further questions Diane may have. (I just hope she does not follow up with a question like "What kind of being is Tom Bombadil? That would stretch my knowledge to breaking point!!) Kind regards, Peter Selig

Indeed, it's understandable why Sam had to sail across the sea to join Frodo after Rosie died.

As long as you don't confuse 'allegory' with 'applicability' as the Professor got a bee in his bonnet about and wrote in the foreward later lol. He was very annoyed that people said that Sauron was Hitler, the Ring the nuke, the Fellowship the allies etc. He actually said it disgusted him because as a fairy tale lover and teller he despised any direct allegory. 'I like history, true or feigned,' which is his very polite way of saying he knew the whole wars were based on tissues of lies, and he just wanted to charm with a universal story.

@@ishmaelforester9825 I actually said neither of these. I think you can see more in Tolkiens writings without comparing Sauron to Adolf. To me Tolkiens word was always a metaphor for death and why it is important for life. Just listen to the lyrics of the song and think about Frodos journey as well as Arda in general again. What can you see?

Amen.

I know that feeling. Our cat Milo boarded that grey ship 16 years ago and it still breaks my heart.

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'Scuse me, good Frodo. I left my staff by your bedside. It's there, under my cloak.' lmfao