Fan Made Silmarillion Trailer

Neat. (HT: Michael Liccione)

The Hobbit is Here Part 2

I posted a few reviews for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey before, but here are a few more I wanted to share (HT: Mrs. Darwin):


- Ilana Teitelbaum, "Has Hollywood ruined Tolkien?" Salon

- Anthony Lane, "Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Review," The New Yorker

- J. Hoberman, "Tolkien vs. Technology," The New York Review of Books 

- Mr. Darwin, "This is Your Hobbit on Steroids," Darwin Catholic

I finally saw the movie a week ago. I'm not sure if I'll add my own review, as my thoughts on the movie are mostly in line with the mixed response by most of the critics to whom I've linked.  But if I can figure out a unique way to give my spin, I'll reconsider...

The Hobbit is Here

I've been looking forward to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for some time and now it's out in theaters. I still haven't seen the movie but I hope to get a chance sometime this week. But for now, I'll link to a few interesting reviews from around the Christian blogosphere:

- Steven D. Greydanus (SDG), National Catholic Register

- Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer

- Peter Chattaway, Film Chat

- Arts and Faith, Forum discussion of The Hobbit

- Leah Libresco, Unequally Yoked

- Mrs. Darwin, Darwin Catholic

- Alan Jacobs, The American Conservative

- John Mulderig, Catholic News Service 

Upcoming Attractions III

Just a few previews.

First, here's a clip from Entertainment Weekly for the upcoming MLP: FiM episode "Sleepless in Ponyville" on Saturday. I imagine this episode involving Scootaloo won't be as epic as "Magic Duel." Wait a minute...  Princess Luna sighting!  (HT: Equestria Daily):

                               

The Cutie Mark Crusaders

MLP Facebook page

Applejack with Apple Bloom and Rarity with Sweetie Belle

Princess Luna in Scootaloo's nightmare

Next, a new trailer for Star Trek into Darkness:

Don't forget, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey releases next Friday, Dec. 14:

Tolkien on the Presence of God in the Lord of the Rings

You... create a world in which some sort of faith seems to be everywhere without a visible source, like light from an invisible lamp. -- J.R.R. Tolkien quoting an "unbelieving" reader in letter no. 328, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Ed. Humphrey Carpenter. (HT: The Flame Imperishable)

The Hobbit Movie Update

The poster from Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego, wish I were here

According to the Lord of the Rings fan site TheOneRing.net, Peter Jackson just finished principal photography for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which will release December 14. As you can imagine, a Tolkien geek like me is definitely excited by the news. In fact, I'm so jazzed that I feel like sharing a few Hobbit-related Youtube videos! December just can't come early enough!

First, the trailer for The Hobbit released last year (HT: Brandon)

Next, the animated version by Rankin/Bass from way back in 1977:

SDG's review

Finally, Brandon uncovered the weirdest take on The Hobbit yet, from 1966:

Slag the Dragon...that is all.