Word: frodo
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...Hendrix and transformed an obscure three-volume fantasy by an Oxford professor into a counterculture classic. Rings-mania swept U.S. campuses, prompting TIME to comment, in the quaint parlance of the age, "The hobbit habit seems to be almost as catching as LSD." New initiates wore buttons declaring "Frodo Lives" or "Go Go Gandalf," while Ringworms, the trilogy's hardcore fans, learned the fictional languages Tolkien invented for his imaginary characters. Tolkien finally had to get an unlisted number after he'd been awakened in the middle of the night one too many times by brain-fried Bay Area hippies...
Holden Caulfield is a moldy fig; the Lord of the Flies has been swatted. This year, the unquestioned literary god on college campuses is a three-foot-high creature with long curly hair on his feet, a passion for six vast meals a day, and the improbable name of Frodo Baggins. And would you believe that Frodo is a hobbit? Hairy feet and all, Frodo Baggins is the reluctant hero of this year's "In" book--a three-volume fantasy called The Lord of the Rings...The hobbit habit seems to be almost as catching as LSD. On many...
When he began the job of bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's much loved trilogy to the screen, New Zealand director Jackson may have felt like Frodo Baggins, the lowly Hobbit who assumes the task of taking the Ring of Power on a trek to save Middle Earth. But Jackson proves he is up to it. This first episode shows him well on his way to creating a film epic that nearly matches its source. Fellowship is not simply a sumptuous illustration of a favorite fable; though faithful in every detail to Tolkien, it has a vigorous life of its own--grandeur...
...adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is bound to have a gravity about the awful task at hand. Jackson's film has that, but it is also a buoyant experience because the characters are lively and engaging--each actor (especially Wood as Frodo and McKellen as the wizard Gandalf) magically fitting his role--and because the production team put such skill and joy into designing a movie Middle Earth. The landscapes, a cunning mixture of computer images and real New Zealand, bestow a distinct and beguiling personality on each realm...
...Rings caught on at a time of deep disillusionment with America and its leaders. In the 1960s, the series became a defining icon of the counterculture movement. Led Zeppelin’s music is sprinkled with references to Tolkien’s work, and “Frodo Lives” bumper stickers could be found across the country. At that time of pervasive doubt and division about the morality of bombing a small country in Southeast Asia, The Lord of the Rings caught on exactly because its characters were idealized embodiments of good and evil. Few youths of that...