September 30, 2003
Waiting for the Return . . .
Of the King. The movie, that is (and the real King as well, although I need a little more work!). I just previewed the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King trailer and I’m itching with anticipation. From a Catholic point of view, this is an excellent book and the trailer even espouses some Catholic viewpoints that are pretty weighty (good to make us Americans think a little bit).
You can see the trailer here. If you haven’t seen the other movies, I highly recommend them, but read the books first. Tolkien was a committed Catholic that really poured his insights into these works – he also has an incredible family history as Narwen indicated in her answers. And, believe it or not, Hollywood did do a pretty good job of keeping the “Catholic” in the movie – typically they try and filter out that ‘religion’ and ‘morality’ stuff. But not here, thanks be to God.
Anyway, just letting everyone know.
Jay
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I likewise recommend these books. Fr. Fessio, the founder of Ignatius Press, reportly said, that next to the Bible, the Lord of the Rings was his favorite book. I absolutely concur with this statement. No book has shaped my own life nor encouraged my own creative thought the way this book has. I long to meet a hobbit or an Ent for that matter. These books are magical, I have read them multiple times and each time I take away something new. The only other book to do this to me has been Sacred Scripture. My advise to any person coming to this site is this...read the Bible...then read the Lord of the Rings. The first contains the fullness of Truth, the second contains all the magic and imagination that a life grounded in sound Biblical truth can provide. Tolkien was Catholic...therefore Middle Earth was ultimately Catholic, since the struggle we find within the realm of Middle Earth is the struggle we find surrounding us today...the battle of good and evil, the battle of faith, hope, and love. Read these books.
In Christ,
Joe
