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| Agape's Airs & Arias - NOT! by Agape4Gondor | 41 Review(s) |
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| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 10/23/2007 |
| Beautifully done, as always. I liked the authors note nearly as much as the piece itself. Author Reply: Blessed Pearl Took! Thank you! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 10/23/2007 |
| Ah--the lament of a Mallorn! One I'd never expected to see, but so appropriate! Author Reply: *giggles* I don't know why I talk to trees! Perhaps that's why I love Tolkien so much - the man was known to hug them. Dearest tree - difficult to have lived through so much suffering... and then to end up alone.... | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 10/23/2007 |
| Hope Unquenchable and Endurance Past Hope embraced in an Elven boat, and tears were eased and a world saved. Author Reply: Yup - and Sam's courage held him - dear Sam, deathly afraid of water and boats and throwing that fear aside for his friend... and again in Cirith Ungol and again on Mordor. Blessed Sam - dearest Frodo! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 10/23/2007 |
| I am so glad that Aragorn was there at the end to relieve him of the burden greater even than the guilt of having tried to take the Ring by force, and to remind Boromir who he truly was--a beloved son of Gondor, and needed be little more than that in the end. Author Reply: Oh Larner! Wasn't Aragorn great here - both in the book and in the movie! Very glad Boromir had a friend nearby... hope we all have such friends to get us through our own personal legacies but also our own trials and afflictions. Many thanks for your review. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 10/23/2007 |
| What a wonderful memorial to Boromir the Bold! Yes, the cost of heroism is all too oft too high! Author Reply: Thanks, Larner, for your steadfast reading! I could see the man, in the book, with the many arrows (not just 3) that pierced him, still fighting, still hoping for at least enough time to save the Hobbits. Foolish Hobbits - standing and trying to fight with stone.... As a warrior - he knew the cost - but still was surprised by it. *sobs* | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 10/23/2007 |
| Again, a wonderful evocation of that movie moment as Merry and Aragorn watch after Gandalf and Pippin as they flee from Edoras to Minas Tirith--from one danger to another, and Merry must follow as he can and as he finds the means. And a wonderful reminder to us how we care for those who have left us. Author Reply: Another scene that evoked such emotions from me... and I figured others would have felt it too. Horrid time for poor Merry - Pip at least had something to do - *giggles* hanging onto Gandalf and pestering the poor Wizard with 4,000 questions.... But poor Merry had only to sit and wait and hope and then be cast aside as a viable member of the Fellowship! Very sad indeed. Thanks for reviewing. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 10/23/2007 |
| What a wonderful description of that movie moment as Gandalf sits with his head and staff drooping, knowing Denethor has sent Faramir and his men probably to their deaths in Osgiliath. Author Reply: I didn't like the way PJ depicted Faramir's charge. For I believe, from the book, that Denethor had always meant to send out help, knowing that the odds against them were so hideous. But he had to 'buy' time - he knew/hoped/wished the Rohirrim were coming and so, he sent the last of his very essence out to hold just a little longer until Theoden answered Gondor's call. But - I absolutely adored that scene as the bell tolled. I would love to have a picture of it for my wall. Thanks for reviewing! | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 10/15/2007 |
| This is as beautiful as the scene in the movie that inspired it. (right after Pippin sings, isn't it?) It is one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie. It is like and Old Masters painting. MEWD! Author Reply: Yes - I wonder if that is what PJ was going for... some kind of a Rembrandt type scene. It was powerful - and the bell ringing... Thanks PT - glad you liked it! | |
| White Gull | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 10/10/2007 |
| This is moving, and true to Boromir. A fitting tribute to his passing. Author Reply: Thank you. I hated that part in the book and I hated the movie - for it was such a cruel blow to such a 'valiant' man. And to the Fellowship. I understand why Tolkien did it, but the death was so difficul to accept. I'm glad it touched you. | |
| Erin | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 10/10/2007 |
| Very beautiful poem! Author Reply: Thank you 10,000 times! | |