Well, darn, THREE of my favorite PT people in a row LOVE these movies so I must be missing something and it bugs me now! I watched the actors at the Oscars and saw all the obvious camaraderie that existed among the cast as well as the crew - not to mention all the gold they hauled off ...and it WAS rather impressive. My oldest son is totally entralled by these movies which I find odd because he is a total geek. An engineer at a research institute!. For fun, he powerlifts, wrestles and plays rugby. I wouldn't think he any sense of *magical* in him. Missy (sirrahsim) and her hubby watch them and everyone loves the books as well. We have had the books around the house always as far as I can remember because hubby would read and re-read them, then my oldest son, then Missy. I *started* to read_The Hobbit_. (yeah hubby made me!)
Well, darn it. Now we have all three DVD's and I am going to make myself sit through all three of them I am bound and determined to see what I am missing. Stubborn I guess but shheeesh - one of my degrees is in LITERATURE. I should be able to see value in ALL literature and creative work.
Besides, Kirsten -I need to feel touched inside - that sounds like me. I want to believe there is good worth fighting for. Barbara, I LOVE books I can live in, I read tons of books and LOVE to disappear into the scenes, plots and people. And Lori, God knows we all need an escape from reality!!