Word: hobbit
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...noises from the girls who do say “aww” all the time, a movie can’t ask for meaningful responses from its audience, such as critical thought, self-criticism or—God forbid—temporary confusion. Instead, give them The Hobbit. Or give them Gosford Park, a film whose British accents do not mask its simplicity both as a drama and as a mystery...
...Lord of the Rings CRITICISM Yes, hobbits are imaginary, but you wouldn't know it from the outrage over the anthropological errors alleged in the film. Example: fans say a hobbit wears shoes in one scene?when everyone knows hobbits leave their hairy, big feet unshod. RESPONSE Producer Mark Ordesky says he double-checked and swears there's no shoe...
Person of the Week THE OSCAR FOR BEST HOBBIT IN A SUPPORTING ROLE GOES TO ...Peter Jackson's first third of the Lord of the Rings epic picks up 13 Oscar nominations, leading the pack this year. J.R.R. Tolkien, who died in 1973, likely didn't imagine this final twist in his novel's enduring and lucrative life...
...Amid the cultural storm of the 1960s, American hippies put down their bongs, turned down the 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...
CRITICISM Yes, hobbits are imaginary, but you wouldn't know it from the outrage over the anthropological errors alleged in the film. Example: fans say a hobbit wears shoes in one scene when everyone knows they leave their hairy, oversize feet unshod...