Tag: Lord of the Rings

• Happy Fourth Eorlingas

  That’s me at our local No Kings rally back in June. It’s the energy I’m bringing to Fourth of July this year, what with the United States government having been taken over by orcs, goblins, and all manner of Mordor-worthy villainy. May we the people soon topple their treachery and an Aragorn-esque leader one day…

  Jul 4, 2025

  # America, Lord of the Rings

• Lord of the Rewatch

  I just finished a rewatch of the Lord of the Rings trilogy extended editions, something I was saving for after I finished season one of The Rings of Power. And I’m glad I did because I was able to appreciate the trilogy that much more, with the events of Middle-earth’s earlier age as captured in…

  Nov 7, 2022

  # film, Lord of the Rings, movies

• Favorite Films of 2001

  I’m creating my movie best-of lists retroactively. See all of them. We’re now over 20 years away from the films in question. This means my impressions of the ones I haven’t rewatched somewhat recently are encased in metaphorical amber, for better or worse. It also means I wouldn’t have seen a good number of them…

  Apr 10, 2022

  # best of, Christopher Nolan, film, lists, Lord of the Rings, Memento, movies, review

• Favorite Films of 2003

  I’m creating my annual movie lists retroactively. See all of them. We’re now deep into an era that was, at least for me, dominated by DVDs. I seemed to get a new one or two every birthday and Christmas, and rented aplenty from Family Video or Blockbuster. My movie collection has changed a lot since…

  Oct 25, 2021

  # Academy Awards, film, lists, Lord of the Rings, movies, Oscars, Pixar, School of Rock, Titanic

• Our flag was still there

  I took this picture of my library’s flagpole not long before a sudden and severe thunderstorm tore through the area, which is evident in the ominous clouds and shadows obscuring the otherwise vibrant colors on the flag. This view brought to mind the final lines of “The Star-Spangled Banner”, which I pondered a few years…

  Nov 11, 2020

  # America, flags, Lord of the Rings, quotes, Star Spangled Banner

• Top 5 ‘Lord of the Rings’ moments

  It’s been 15 years since Lord of the Rings: Return of the King was released, prompting Filmspotting to dedicate an entire episode to the trilogy. And it’s been 10 years since I wrote my own appreciation of the films and the fond memories surrounding them. My feelings haven’t changed since then. In fact I have…

  May 22, 2018

  # film, Filmspotting, lists, Lord of the Rings, movies

• Closing the Almanac: On the Fandom-Industrial Complex and Moving Forward from ‘Back to the Future’

  The day Back to the Future fans have waited for is finally here. The thirty-year countdown to October 21, 2015, one of the most well-known dates in movie history (despite how often it has been incorrectly reported on the interwebs), is over. There’s been an ongoing celebration of the trilogy on the internet and in…

  Oct 21, 2015

  # Alan Jacobs, Back to the Future, Comic Con, fandom, film, Fredrik deBoer, life, Lord of the Rings, movies

• Please Bother Me: On Asking Questions at the Library

  “Sorry to bother you…” I’ve heard patrons say this to me or other librarians at the information desk so many times. And every time, I want to respond: “That’s what we’re here for!” Maybe we at the desk were talking to each other, or typing on the computer, or reading a trade journal, or even…

  May 29, 2015

  # Bilbo Baggins, librarians, libraries, Lord of the Rings, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, reference desk

• 7 Beautiful Movie Music Moments

  Sometimes we as moviegoers have to let movies affect us in ways we cannot explain or control. One of those ways is through music. Whether it is an epic orchestral theme or a lone piano suite, music in the movies can make the difference in how I respond to the story. Listening to a CD…

  Dec 4, 2011

  # Alan Silvestri, Cast Away, film, Glen Hansard, Howard Shore, lists, Lord of the Rings, movies, music, Once, Philip Glass, Remember the Titans, The Truman Show, Trevor Rabin, WALL-E

• Lord of the Rings

  The Turner Classic Movies channel is showing Academy Award winning films all day every day this month in a series called “31 Days of Oscar.” I watched Lord of the Rings: Return of the King last night and realized something. I would remember that trilogy for the rest of my life. I hadn’t read the…

  Feb 11, 2008

  # Fellowship of the Ring, film, Frodo Baggins, J.R.R. Tolkien, life, Lord of the Rings, movies, Peter Jackson, review, The Return of the King, The Two Towers