To me, the terrible image of Bilbo, still mourning his friends, standing in the stripped-out shell of Bag End before we cut back to the framing device of him in old age, welcoming Gandalf's arrival at the start of Fellowship, was more emotionally effecting than the end of ROTK.
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It came out in 2014, which honestly feels like a lifetime ago, both personally and politically. But in 2020, as much as I want us to get that happy LOTR ending in the real world, acknowledging that sometimes you just get repeatedly screwed by selfish leaders feels realer to me.
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Sometimes you put your faith in someone who fucks up awfully, and even when they walk it back in the end, there's still consequences. Sometimes the best you can do is rebuild and be glad of the opportunity. And sometimes you go home to find it's been stolen from you.
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Which is why it matters all the more that Bilbo's treasure, the most important thing he takes home, is an acorn: something small to plant for the future. The seed of the spreading oak we see him laugh beneath in his eventual old age.
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There's plenty of bad in the world right now, and lots of us are chasing after Arkenstones in the hope that they'll magically fix the future. But maybe we just need acorns. Acorns, and hope. Kindness, and the courage to speak truth to power. To know when to let go of grudges.
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I've seen them once, and enjoyed them. Will definitely be watching them again having read this!
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Everyone who died died in the book though. It's not like fans weren't expecting it. All of the Story Beats (except the love triangle) were fine and good as you said. But (at least in the theatricle versions) they felt eclipsed by pointless spectacle, like the barrel scene.
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The barrel scene was literally a major part of the book.
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