Sean Bean--the Best Thing about the Ring!!!! Tra-la, tra-la

Rating: 6/10 (31 August 2002)

Of course, the leader of the free world would have to steal lines from a Hollywood movie to inspire us: "It shall not stand." It's always interesting to me to trace his speeches back to their origin, from which his speech-writers plagarize his sometimes correctly enunciated words. I somehow prefer Ian mcKellen facing the fatally-talented tails of the gigantic devil monster to the equally preposterous bugger bear being foisted on the American people by our monkey-in-chief. Ian's leadership of the Tolkiens was far more principled than the leadership into demonic war that we are faced with today, and the enemy just as fictitious. The enemy, dear friends, is US --the U.S.--and our disregard for our abuse, rape and now, bombing of other countries, will bring us,as this film shows, the just deserts awarded to evil-doers.
Since our children don't know the Bible anymore, at least we have morality tales such as this to give us the leadership our ignorant, greedy politicians can't. Or is "Lord of the Rings" just another one of the 'bread and circuses' thrown to the masses to distract them, as our mediocre TV shows do?
SPOILER AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Boromir shows us the futility of armed force and the dangers that come from ignoring the wisdom of the old leader. Gen. Brent Scowcroft is giving us some of that advice now, as we prepare to invade Iraq AGAIN. He learns even if too late. Have we got to 'repeat' that lesson? I thought the Nazis taught us better. ( I think that death scene with the 8 arrows is probably one of the longest in film history.)
By all means, see the movie but better, read the books, "Lord of the Rings". Like old Rock 'n Roll classics, the movie is based on an oldie, but a goodie. I'm thankful that morality tales are still allowed to be made, even if our population can't recognize that we ain't the good guys any more.