Bit of a dull chapter. I had been hoping for more emotional follow-up to Gandalf's death, but perhaps anything would have seemed dull after the last chapter.
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I could never see this chapter as dull. The Fellowship enter Lothlorien for the first time and Lothlorien is one of the coolest places in Middle-Earth. After the darkness, fear and angst of the last chapter, there's just something especially magical about this beautiful, ageless elven land set apart from time and the rest of the world. Maybe that will become clearer in the next few chapters.
Posted by Allison @ 2001 May 16 01:35 PM EST
Don't worry Debbie, when you see the movie this Christmas you will be astounded by the beauty of Lothlorien. I have seen images of it and it is breathtaking.
Posted by Tinuviel @ 2001 May 16 02:06 PM EST
Unfortunately, the movie coming out this Christmas is Movie I, not Movie II, so no Lothlorien until NEXT Christmas. :->
Posted by Eloise @ 2001 May 16 02:47 PM EST
Eloise,
Lothlorien is in Movie I - it covers "The Fellowship of the Ring."
Posted by Charly @ 2001 May 16 02:56 PM EST
Eloise: book 2 is still part of 'The Fellowship of the Rings', so Lothlorien will actually be in this year's movie.... so there! ;)
Posted by Elanor Gamgee @ 2001 May 16 02:59 PM EST
lol... looks like Charly beat me to it!
Posted by Elanor Gamgee @ 2001 May 16 03:01 PM EST
oh dear i can't spell... fellowship of the ring i meant, not rings. only one. oh, i give up. i'll go now. sorry to waste your time and all that.
Posted by Elanor Gamgee @ 2001 May 16 03:07 PM EST
This chapter is a bit dull after the last one, but I like the part where they find out how Frodo survived being skewered. "Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven-princeling in!" I think it shows a little more of the Fellowship's characters, especially Aragorn, who now has to lead the group.
Posted by Juleen @ 2001 May 16 03:27 PM EST
I LOVE lothlorien! I want to go there! The Mallorns sound so neat, and Galadriel and Celeborn and everything... Bah, I LOVE Lothlorien!
Posted by Glen @ 2001 Jun 01 01:57 PM EST
I was hiking near an 80' waterfall and growing up from the canyon and soaring over my head was a huge tree with large limbs. It was covered in golden blossoms. I thought it must be something like Lothlorien, it was so beautiful.
Posted by dave @ 2001 Jun 09 07:10 AM EST
I am addicted to this site...
I _loved_ Lothlorien, and it really brought home the sense of loss and the passage of ages. This really was the last chance; but still all that was great and good were vanishing..I used to walk home from the station hoping to find something similar to a Mallorn...and I fancy I did!
Posted by Upulie @ 2001 Jun 10 02:01 AM EST
What pictures of Lothlorien?!!!!!
Posted by Upulie @ 2001 Jun 10 02:03 AM EST
Upulie, check out this site for instance: http://fantasy-scifi.net/jrr_tolkien/filmy/flotr_ex.php
The two blue pictures in the first two rows are from movie-Lothlorien.
Posted by Katarina @ 2001 Jun 13 02:18 AM EST
i wish that when i die, if i go to heaven [hopefully], that it will be lothlorien...
Posted by aurora @ 2001 Jun 18 06:12 PM EST
Thanks for the link Katarina (though it's at least three weeks later!)...This particular tree I was talking about - I found a line of them at uni, not v. tall but the bark is grey and the leaves a medium brown and they don't fall until the new leaves grow ?(I think)...
Posted by Upulie @ 2001 Jul 01 02:27 AM EST
DULL?????? I'm sorry, but I'm blown away! Lothlorien is a VITAL chapter. After the horibble passage through Moria Tolkien knew to let his characters (and readers) breathe a bit before every last ounce of hope was drained from them. Also, I always found Lothlorien to be the saddest, most wonderful (if I REALLY must choose) place in Middle-earth. What a relief to come at last to the golden wood of Galadriel and Celeborn!
Posted by GEM @ 2001 Jul 05 03:06 AM EST
If we're talking golden-looking trees, you can't beat aspens in the fall. ^^ (Colorado native here...) I could picture Lothlorien like the mountains when the aspen leaves are golden...
Posted by Swiftgold @ 2001 Aug 17 12:35 PM EST
