The Tolkien Tag 2016
1. How many books by J.R.R. Tolkien have you read?
A lot more then when I did this tag last year!! I have read, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and The Children of Hurin.
2. Have you seen any movies based on them?
I have seen the theatrical and extended editions of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the theatrical editions of his The Hobbit trilogy.
3. Are there any scenes/moments that make you cry?
An easier question to answer would be, "are there any scenes that don't make you cry". The sad scenes make me cry, the beautiful scenes make me cry and I always cry when the Horns of Rohan are heard on the Pelennor Fields. Both in the books and movies.
4. Are there any scenes/moments that make you laugh?
GaZOBS!! Pippin scenes, Legolas/Gimli scenes. And I tend to laugh at the Orcs twisted belief that "this is the age of the Orcs". Also when they discover that the Rohirrim riding down on top of them aren't scared of them!
5. Have you ever chosen a Middle Earth name for yourself? If so, what is it?
Well I have used a Elvish and Hobbit name generator and these were the results.
My Elvish name is: Finduilas Arnatuilë (I have always loved the name Finduilas!!)
My Hobbit name is: Sweetpea Bulge of Great Smials (I must be a cousin of Pippin's!)
I have also translated my own name into Elvish, but I'm not going to state it here.
6. Who would you want to party with/marry/fight to the death? (pick three characters)
Oh my goodness!! Party with? Merry and Pippin. MARRY?!?!?!?! I have no idea!! If I have to choose someone (well someone who isn't dead or married by the end of their respective book), I'll just say......Beregond if he isn't already married? His wife is never mentioned. Otherwise Eomer. Totally and completely. Fight to the death? Well if it's fight beside, then Kili and Thorin, if it's fighting against then, I don't know. Ugluk.
7. When was the last time you visited Middle Earth, via books or movies?
Well I am kind of there now. Melody and I are reading the books out loud to some of the kids. We are about to read, "The King of the Golden Hall". I haven't watched the movies yet this year, which is a serious crime!!
8. Do you consider Gollum to be a villain? Why or why not?
Not really. I consider him more of an antagonist. Yes he does some really horrific things, and yes he was a bad person even before the Ring took him, but I can't think him thoroughly a villain because of how much of his villainy IS caused by the Ring and not really by him. (I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense. I'm not feeling well today and my brain isn't working!)
9. How would you sum up what Tolkien's stories mean to you in one word?
Epic.
10. List up to ten of your favorite lines/quotes from the books or movies.
I don't have the current brain power to actually go search them out (or remember them) right now, so I will just grab a bunch off of Pinterest.
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Great answers!! And, I hope you feel better!
ReplyDeletePlenty better!! Thank you!
DeleteAHHHHH TOLKIEN YESSS. My favorite scene was definitely Legolas and Gimli's contest to see who could shoot the most orcs in TTT :)
ReplyDeleteEllie | On the Other Side of Reality
That part is seriously amusing!
DeleteI like that Thorin quote--it's not one you always see, you know?
ReplyDeleteMe too!!
DeleteSo many great lines in the movies! I haven't ever seen the extended versions, but I'd like to. Hopefully one day! :)
ReplyDeleteDo, do!! They are well worth the money spent on them!
Delete"...the beautiful scenes make me cry and I always cry when the Horns of Rohan are heard on the Pelennor Fields.
ReplyDeleteYES! The beautiful stuff makes me cry too, and that moment on the Pelennor fields is deadly.
I love your answer of Beregond! He was always one of my favorite characters in the books.
Great answers!
I figured out, between the sad parts that make me cry, the beautiful parts that make me cry, and the funny parts that make me laugh so hard that I cry.....I pretty much cry through the whole thing!! ;)
DeleteMine too!! And Aragorn's judgement of him was (when I first read the books 3 years ago) the first beautiful part that I ever cried over.
Thanks!!
Erudessa, great answers! Beregond is just a great guy, and since his wife is never mentioned, let's just assume he's a widower and you can marry him :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining the party!
My thoughts exactly!! Bergil hopes that his dad won't "send him away with the women and children" but never mentions his mother. And I would love to have Bergil as a stepson.
DeleteThank you for having it!!