tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post2259211577624490067..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Answering Some Charges Against Lord of the RingsKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-33415689515259546912010-02-08T15:03:46.552-05:002010-02-08T15:03:46.552-05:00Besides it being deathly boring, my main criticism...Besides it being deathly boring, my main criticism is that it makes no sense. Why go through all the hassles when the damn eagles could have flown Frodo there immediately?<br /><br />The other criticism is that the books are nothing more than sequential visits to extremely powerful people who are total chickenshits (and who, if they were really this way, would have been exterminated long ago.)<br /><br />Interestingly, I thought the best part of the books was the razing of the Shire. Why? Because war has consequences. Go up against baddies and lots of your friends will die, from the kind pacifists to the most outspoken hawks. The other point is that just killing the main bad guy doesn't make all the other bad guys just go away (a lesson our political leaders have a real hard time understanding.)Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.com