ah i JUST finished!

Laurenis · 02-26-2002, 04:41 PM

omgosh ive just finished Return of the King like.... 10 minutes ago! I've been sat here with tears streaming down my face. I never thought that that would be the ending but it really is so perfect. oh i cant believe ive finished it for the first time... i think that even if someone had hated the book it would be worth reading the WHOLE thing just for those last few chapters because they are SO powerful.

purely amazing.

magical.

i think i might start fellowship again...

um, like, now...

wow

KGamgee · 02-26-2002, 04:52 PM

Oh, I know, isn't it great?
I still cry even though I've read the last chapter about a hundred times...I still break down about everything.....especially how they talk about how the Third Age, the Age of the Ring, and its stories had drawn to an end......and how poor Sam has to say goodbye to Frodo
Shoot, I'm crying again.
~KGamgee~

LuthienTinuviel · 02-26-2002, 05:07 PM

yes! start the fellowship agian.

mes on me 5th trip thru middle earth, meself.

but you notice other things as you go thru again.

just reading about your thoughts on the ending gives me the same "so awesome i can't believe it " chills

Elf Girl · 02-26-2002, 05:15 PM

Yeah, read it again. When I finished for the first time, I read it again and it was amazing what I'd missed.

olsonm · 02-26-2002, 08:55 PM

Congrats Laurenis!

Arathorn · 02-26-2002, 09:00 PM

Yeah congrats Laurenis. I might add as someone who's reading it again after so many years, the insights I get are quite different from before.

Occasionally Jay · 02-26-2002, 09:19 PM

Congrats!
LotR is one of the only books I've ever re-read word for word (not skipping the boring bits). It is very powerful......

Renille · 02-26-2002, 11:56 PM

Congrats, Laurenis... now read the Silmarillion! Now!

I've got to read LOTR again. I'm going to Chicago tomorrow...let's see if I can finish it once more.

Laurelyn · 02-27-2002, 07:50 AM

Congrats on finishing, Laurenis . . . isn't the ending beautiful? *starts to cry yet again, and runs off for a Kleenex*

luinilwen · 02-27-2002, 08:25 AM

in a way i sort of wish i could have my lotr virginity back hehe the first time is the best, imo, although it is a book i enjoy pouring over and over...

congrats on first read though. i agree read silmarillion.

aldesign · 02-27-2002, 12:50 PM

im just finishing off the Apendix stuff

then i can go read em again, but i always include the hobbit when re-reading

andy

***Earniel*** · 02-27-2002, 01:02 PM

It would be nice to read it just like it's the first time ever. Now I know the ending and although I still enjoy reading it, I miss the excitement of the first read. Second to that my sister had the nerve to tell about Gandalf before I read it. I made her regret that ever since.

Arathorn · 02-27-2002, 01:38 PM

I almost feel like I'm reading LOTR for the first time since it was around 9 yrs since the last time. The insights I get are different now, I admit. I tend to focus on the relationships and morality conflicts now more than the battles.

aldesign · 02-27-2002, 05:49 PM

On the Gandalf Point Eärniel,

weve all had the same kinda problem as ur sister, were trying not to tell other Movie go-ers that hes still alive,
but its so difficult to keeep a secret

especailly when they keep saying "Gandalf was my favouirte, but hes dead now"
**eeeeeeraaaaaghhhhh** (trying not to burst)

n e way, on the same track as u, my best mate told me about Gandalf before i read TTT, and i kept looking out for an opertunity for him to arrive, that was quite fun.

andy

Strange-Looking Lurker · 02-27-2002, 07:00 PM

This has nothing to do with this thread, in fact I haven't even read the whole thing, but I just had to say:

I LOVE your photo LuthienTinuviel! Expresses my feelings exactly!

Nameless · 02-27-2002, 11:46 PM

Sob! The ending is so great, but sooo sad. Not least of all because it is the end of a fantastic story.

Read it again. You will discover so many things you missed or forgot the first time around. Then when you are ready give the Silmarillion a try. But be warned, you better have a bulk pack of Kleenex on hand. Particularly when you get to Turin. Ahh, Turin and his friend Beleg, *sniff*...

Strange-Looking Lurker · 02-28-2002, 10:00 AM

I didn't like Turin 'cause he killed that lame guy. You ask me, he got his just deserts!

***Earniel*** · 02-28-2002, 01:32 PM

Yes, I myself had difficulty keeping my mouth shut when a friend of mine was reading TTT. The point was that my sister first asked whether I was ever gonna read LOTR. I said "maybe", she immediatly took it as "no" since she's convinced that whenever I say maybe, I mean no.

When I came to that certain scene, I was puzzled because she had said he'd be back. And when I confronted her with it, she tried to wiggle out with the lame excuse she did'nt remember.
Siblings!

Earenya · 02-28-2002, 04:57 PM

Congradulations are certainly in order! I am about to start Silmarillion, I am quite excited....

I have a question that apparantly has already been answered to some, but I just recently joined this forum and just found out-
why is there no 'scouring of the shire' in the RotK movie? I thought this was an essential part of the story- that the Immortals were no longer needed to assist in the strife of mortals, and that what happens far away can affect that which is dearest to you- your home.

markedel · 02-28-2002, 07:05 PM

It is a very hard to fit the scouring in an epic action-adventure movie, like the LOTR movie is shaping itself out to be. It's anti-climactic.

02-26-2002, 04:41 PM	#1
Laurenis Enting Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: England/FL Posts: 85	ah i JUST finished! omgosh ive just finished Return of the King like.... 10 minutes ago! I've been sat here with tears streaming down my face. I never thought that that would be the ending but it really is so perfect. oh i cant believe ive finished it for the first time... i think that even if someone had hated the book it would be worth reading the WHOLE thing just for those last few chapters because they are SO powerful. purely amazing. magical. i think i might start fellowship again... um, like, now... wow __________________ 'Therefore he willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and should find no rest therein; but they should have a virtue to shape their life, amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of the Ainur, which is as fate to all things else; and of their operation everything should be, in form and deed, completed, and the world fulfilled unto the last and smallest.'

02-26-2002, 05:07 PM	#3
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	yes! start the fellowship agian. mes on me 5th trip thru middle earth, meself. but you notice other things as you go thru again. just reading about your thoughts on the ending gives me the same "so awesome i can't believe it " chills __________________

02-26-2002, 05:15 PM	#4
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Yeah, read it again. When I finished for the first time, I read it again and it was amazing what I'd missed. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

02-26-2002, 08:55 PM	#5
olsonm Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: minneapolis MN Posts: 920	Congrats Laurenis! __________________ Gandalf lives...oh and Frodo too. Haldir Lives!!!

02-26-2002, 09:00 PM	#6
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Yeah congrats Laurenis. I might add as someone who's reading it again after so many years, the insights I get are quite different from before. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

02-26-2002, 04:52 PM	#2
KGamgee Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 103	Oh, I know, isn't it great? I still cry even though I've read the last chapter about a hundred times...I still break down about everything.....especially how they talk about how the Third Age, the Age of the Ring, and its stories had drawn to an end......and how poor Sam has to say goodbye to Frodo Shoot, I'm crying again. ~KGamgee~

02-26-2002, 09:19 PM	#7
Occasionally Jay Enting Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 51	Congrats! LotR is one of the only books I've ever re-read word for word (not skipping the boring bits). It is very powerful...... __________________ There's a light house in the middle of Prussia/ A white house in a, red square.. (He's a real hoopy Frodo who always knows where his towel is.)

02-26-2002, 11:56 PM	#8
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	Congrats, Laurenis... now read the Silmarillion! Now! I've got to read LOTR again. I'm going to Chicago tomorrow...let's see if I can finish it once more. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

02-27-2002, 07:50 AM	#9
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Congrats on finishing, Laurenis . . . isn't the ending beautiful? starts to cry yet again, and runs off for a Kleenex __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

02-27-2002, 08:25 AM	#10
luinilwen Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sydney AUSTRALIA Posts: 368	in a way i sort of wish i could have my lotr virginity back hehe the first time is the best, imo, although it is a book i enjoy pouring over and over... congrats on first read though. i agree read silmarillion.

02-27-2002, 12:50 PM	#11
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	im just finishing off the Apendix stuff then i can go read em again, but i always include the hobbit when re-reading andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

02-27-2002, 01:02 PM	#12
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	It would be nice to read it just like it's the first time ever. Now I know the ending and although I still enjoy reading it, I miss the excitement of the first read. Second to that my sister had the nerve to tell about Gandalf before I read it. I made her regret that ever since.

02-27-2002, 01:38 PM	#13
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	I almost feel like I'm reading LOTR for the first time since it was around 9 yrs since the last time. The insights I get are different now, I admit. I tend to focus on the relationships and morality conflicts now more than the battles. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

02-27-2002, 05:49 PM	#14
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	On the Gandalf Point Eärniel, weve all had the same kinda problem as ur sister, were trying not to tell other Movie go-ers that hes still alive, but its so difficult to keeep a secret especailly when they keep saying "Gandalf was my favouirte, but hes dead now" eeeeeeraaaaaghhhhh (trying not to burst) n e way, on the same track as u, my best mate told me about Gandalf before i read TTT, and i kept looking out for an opertunity for him to arrive, that was quite fun. andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

02-27-2002, 07:00 PM	#15
Strange-Looking Lurker Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: OK, USA Posts: 213	This has nothing to do with this thread, in fact I haven't even read the whole thing, but I just had to say: I LOVE your photo LuthienTinuviel! Expresses my feelings exactly! __________________ <hr>Check out my site: www.christianjugglers.org

02-27-2002, 11:46 PM	#16
Nameless Enting Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 68	Sob! The ending is so great, but sooo sad. Not least of all because it is the end of a fantastic story. Read it again. You will discover so many things you missed or forgot the first time around. Then when you are ready give the Silmarillion a try. But be warned, you better have a bulk pack of Kleenex on hand. Particularly when you get to Turin. Ahh, Turin and his friend Beleg, sniff... __________________ Nameless and Faceless, but not Voiceless - - - Do you hear me?

02-28-2002, 10:00 AM	#17
Strange-Looking Lurker Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: OK, USA Posts: 213	I didn't like Turin 'cause he killed that lame guy. You ask me, he got his just deserts! __________________ <hr>Check out my site: www.christianjugglers.org

02-28-2002, 01:32 PM	#18
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	To Aldesign Yes, I myself had difficulty keeping my mouth shut when a friend of mine was reading TTT. The point was that my sister first asked whether I was ever gonna read LOTR. I said "maybe", she immediatly took it as "no" since she's convinced that whenever I say maybe, I mean no. When I came to that certain scene, I was puzzled because she had said he'd be back. And when I confronted her with it, she tried to wiggle out with the lame excuse she did'nt remember. Siblings!

02-28-2002, 04:57 PM	#19
Earenya Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pinnath Gelin, formerly in Angaron... Posts: 228	Congradulations are certainly in order! I am about to start Silmarillion, I am quite excited.... I have a question that apparantly has already been answered to some, but I just recently joined this forum and just found out- why is there no 'scouring of the shire' in the RotK movie? I thought this was an essential part of the story- that the Immortals were no longer needed to assist in the strife of mortals, and that what happens far away can affect that which is dearest to you- your home. __________________ O mor henion i dhu Ely siriar, el sila Ai! Aniron.... Tiro! El eria e mor I 'lir en el luitha 'uren Ai! Aniron... FRODO LIVES!

02-28-2002, 07:05 PM	#20
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	It is a very hard to fit the scouring in an epic action-adventure movie, like the LOTR movie is shaping itself out to be. It's anti-climactic. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

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