The Tenth Member of The Fellowship

I truly regret burdening my small amount of blog readers with yet another chance to gush about my unhealthy obsession. However, this prompt demands it of me and AP English 12 knows that I seldom pass up an opportunity to divulge into my love for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Yes, if I have not made it clear already, these remain my all time favorite movies. In the fear of harassment from Derek about picking a trilogy instead of “only one movie” I hesitantly tried to decide on which of the three that I love the most. This proved much easier than I expected after sitting in a movie theatre for thirteen hours for the three part marathon (an awesome, yet unfortunate truth). I came to the conclusion that my favorite has to fall to the second movie: The Two Towers; A fairly predictable choice as I find this movie to act as the climax of the story, yet I love it for many other reasons as well. Aside from my love for Aragorn, the ranger turned king, and his strong presence in this film, I think that the struggle of good versus evil bursts through to the forefront in this movie. The ultimate theme of these movies, the question of right from wrong, leaves families and friends divided, yet The Two Towers shows more unity than division as the Fellowship breaks up at the end of the first movie. A team player myself, I thoroughly enjoy seeing eternal grudges break in the name of a common purpose, eventually leading to friendships. Differences aside, exiled Rohiram help their people, the trees help the hobbits, and the elves help the men. This warms my overly sentimental heart and restores my faith in Middle Earth as victory and camaraderie often look dim in the darkness of their world. In a movie named after the two forces of evil, one can expect that to prevail throughout the story, and it does. However, this leads to the most intense battles in my opinion, and who does not love a good sword-swinging, arrow-shooting, orc infested war? All said, I think that I love this movie because the series does not finish. I often times find myself in a state of post-fantastic-movie depression and the best thing about this movie lies in the fact that it has not ended yet. The cliff hanger makes it all the more exhilarating as I quickly pop the third movie into my DVD player and set in for a final triumphant three hours.

To add ethos to my favorite movie claim, I have included the majority of my collection.
Not Pictured: Lord of the Rings Stratego, Lord of the Rings Scene It, and my Frodo Baggins
Halloween costume from fourth grade complete with light up sword and furry feet.