If, one day, I have kids, I will tell them the story of The Lord of the Rings every night. First of all, every one in the world has to know this story. It can never die. Second, they need to admire and learn from the characters like I did.
The Lord of the Rings is not just an happy-ending fairy tale, the battle between good and bad. I must confess I've seen the films over and over again (and I saw The Two Towers again yesterday!) and I always find something new there - trust, anger, courage, revenge, anything. It's even more interesting than it seems and there are so many things to learn from it that no one can ever get tired of it.
I think that what I like the most in The Lord of the Rings is the fact that Frodo is NOT an hero. Yeah, he saves the whole planet from Sauron and the bad guys, but he's just a little hobbit, with hair on his feet and weakened by greed, just like everybody else. He was not meant to be the one who destroyed the ring, he is not the son of a great king, like Aragorn, nor a gracious and superior elf, like Legolas. He only destroys the ring because he realizes what is at stake and he makes a decision. Even when he's close from giving up, when he doesn't believe he can make it, he carries on (Sam plays a huge role there, also - he is loyalty in person), just like we do when we're running and we're so tired that we can't even see, hear or think anything, but we just keep moving our legs because we want to finish the race.
That's the first teaching I take from The Lord of the Rings. Believe me, I could be here posting about it for a week, but I simply advise you to see (again) the three films, because there is no other master piece like that. It is brilliantly made and the story itself has no equal. Here you have the most epic scene I've ever seen on a TV screen, just to remind you of how great a film it is:
(I also advise you to download the soundtrack of the three films. It's simply overwhelming.)
yours,
millou
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