Our Hobbit tickets are for 4:00ish tomorrow afternoon, but other people will no doubt be reporting back sooner. Start your party and/or rant in the comments here, I'll chime in after I've seen it.
Ski the Misty Mountains! Home to the Best Underground Resorts! Travel posters by Steve Thomas.
In the comment section of a silly review on Slate, I read a serious comment to the effect, "I've never seen LOTR or read the books, but this is so culturally pervasive I feel I should."
I was introduced to Tolkien by my older sister when I was in junior high, in 1963. It was like finding a door to another world that no one around me had discovered. It's hard to imagine the experience of someone who feels obliged to participate because everyone else is. It's like visiting the Lascaux cave because of all the hot dog stands around the entrance.
Posted by: Doug | December 14, 2012 at 03:32 PM