Same here. Yet when I saw the movies, I knew NOTHING about LOTR. They blew me away and sucked me into Middle-earth. Now

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Mar 25, 2023
10:16:20am

BlueBlood94 All-American

I'm a huge Middle-earth nerd and have even read Silmarillion and some volumes of History of Middle-earth.

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BlueBlood94

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I did it. Finally made it through all three LOTR for the first time ever

Springirl

3/25/23 9:39am

I am sucker for that series. Total LOR nerd. Helms Deep is so good.

lefty

3/25/23 9:43am

Same here. Yet when I saw the movies, I knew NOTHING about LOTR. They blew me away and sucked me into Middle-earth. Now

BlueBlood94

3/25/23 10:16am

Dude put a spoiler alert next time.

IceCreamButt

3/25/23 9:44am

RE: Dude put a spoiler alert next time.

WJCougar

3/25/23 9:53am

Dudette.

jacobugath

3/25/23 9:56am

Frodo is the worst

machete

3/25/23 9:49am

He was only redeemed because Gollum bit his finger off. If that didn’t happen, we’d be talking about Frodo the villain.

KingDave

3/25/23 9:59am

So does that make Gollum a type of Christ?

Ted Lasso

3/25/23 10:02am

This is actually one of my favorite themes of the books. Pity. The classic line

CrashMcLarson

3/25/23 10:05am

RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!

moknowssports

3/25/23 12:00pm

Tolkien said anyone who sees Frodo as a failure is of a "simple mind." He gave a great & rather spiritually insightful

BlueBlood94

3/25/23 2:50pm

Should have told the producers of the movies. They made him so pitiful

machete

3/25/23 5:16pm

To imply they weren't aware of Tolkien's intent is ignorance, as they clearly were, but one is free to disagree with

BlueBlood94

3/25/23 5:37pm

Yes i'm a casual. Never read the books. Movie frodo sucks

machete

3/25/23 6:57pm

RE: He was only redeemed because Gollum bit his finger off. If that didn’t

machete

3/26/23 10:42am

Lies! Frodo is the only one who could get the ring that far at all.

BlueVU

3/25/23 11:15am

See my post above referring to a letter Tolkien wrote himself blowing apart any argument of Frodo as a weakling and/or a

BlueBlood94

3/25/23 3:05pm

RE: I did it. Finally made it through all three LOTR for the first time ever

WJCougar

3/25/23 9:50am

You single? Asking for our good friend TNT

Chefcurry

3/25/23 10:03am

Frodo is soft. Rudy (Samwise) put the team on his back for the dub

BYUJazzKicks

3/25/23 10:10am

The ring destroyed him. Even Gandalf and Aragorn didn't trust themselves.

ReiUrso

3/25/23 10:15am

Without Sam, Frodo would’ve crumbled.

BYUJazzKicks

3/25/23 10:24am

Frodo is one thing the movies got wrong.

Bagger Vance

3/25/23 10:28am

Yeah...Frodo was stronger than the other three in the books...

Jingleheimer

3/25/23 2:01pm

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