krazylegs88

My aunt gave me this trilogy in paperback form when I was in high school in the mid 60's. I couldn't wrap my head around it then because of my youth. Some years later serving in the military, it began to gain in popularity and I rushed out on Friday and bought the collector's edition. Read the whole thing in one weekend. What A Rush! I was 50 yrs. old when Peter Jackson came out with his version. I owe him a debt of gratitude for having finally filmed the film as it deserved. I'm glad I got to see it before I got too old. But for all that, I was disappointed with Frodo. In each and every scene, I thought he came across as a frightened coward. I'm sorry, that's how I see it. He threatens Gollum with his sword but that's about as aggressive as he gets in the entire trilogy. He never raises his sword to have an actual sword fight. He's always ducking to avoid the bad guys. He always looks continually frightened. Didn't have an ounce of macho in him. Sorry, I calls 'em like I sees 'em.

I like many others, first saw this on TV literally decades ago. I loved it. It made such an impression on me that I have looked for it off and on over the years but I haven't found it. Well wouldn't you know, I try a short cat nap late in the evening before I get a midnight snack, I wake up and page thru the listings on the channel guide. There is the title I haven't seen in 40 years. "Kill The Umpire". However, I notice that it started about 15-20 minutes ago so I didn't get to see the beginning. Then a little while later the dog wanted out, so I've got to mess with him. Long story short... I caught what I could of the movie. I've told so many people about how great it was. This was from an era of hope that swept across America after WW 2. We still had sandlot baseball, people still got dressed up to go to the ball games, we still had dinner with the family all at the same time, and people still offered second chances. This film was filled with Americana. I really miss the America it portrays even though I wasn't born until the year after this was released. I'm glad I got to watch it again. I hope someone makes a DVD of this.

My wife and I became obsessed with the British crime series "Midsomer Murders". We've seen all the episodes available. Then my wife latched onto "Foyle's War" and we've become big, big fans of this series also. We agree with everyone about Michael Kitchen's performances and the historical background against which the story unfolds. Everything about this show looks authentic, feels authentic and sounds authentic. Not having lived through that time we are learning so much about the period. We're beginning to learn more about just exactly what England went through during the war by connecting some of these events in a time line. We are looking forward to the possible three new episodes to be filmed in the spring of '09. And we wouldn't mind if the series went on for longer than the war lasted. We let "M*A*S*H" get away with it. This is one series that deserves to be on longer.