Tag Archives: Peter Jackson

A Just-For-Fun Quiz: Which Character in the Hobbit Are You?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

TheOneRing.net tweeted out this quiz by the LOTR Project: Which Character in the Hobbit Are You? I think as we head to the release of The Desolation of Smaug, the second instillation of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, we could use a … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged dwarf, fantasy, film, film adaptation, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit, Thorin Oakenshield | 45 Comments

Tolkien’s Letters, October 23rd

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I had such great fun on Monday drawing out one of C.S. Lewis’ moments on that day in history, I thought I might repeat the project. I am going through J.R.R. Tolkien’s letters, poems, and essays, reading The Lord of … Continue reading →

Posted in Letters, Memorable Quotes | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christopher Tolkien, film, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, Runes, The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit, The Silmarilion | 30 Comments

Let Folly Be Our Cloak: Tolkien on Power in Lord of the Rings

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

While J.R.R. Tolkien did not write moralistic fantasies or allegorical tales, still the force of his worldview emerges in his writing. He wrote the Lord of the Rings over the fifteen year period through World War II and into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged allegory, Bilbo Baggins, fantasy, Hitler, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, nuclear bomb, original sin, Peter Jackson, philosophy, power, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings | 44 Comments

Not All Adventures Begin Well: My Review of Peter Jackson’s Adaptation of The Hobbit

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

Not all adventures begin well. Certainly, as we have it in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a hapless Bilbo Baggins all but stumbles into his first adventure, racing off toward the Lonely Mountain without his handkerchief or his pocketbook. Practically naked without … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged An Unexpected Journey, film, film review, Gollum, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, myth, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | 47 Comments

Drawing the Hobbit

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

I am ashamed to admit I have yet to see Peter Jackson’s first installment of The Hobbit, and it has been out for four days. The purists among my colleagues, blogmates, and digital friends are horrified at Jackson’s adaptation. Many … Continue reading →