Lord of the Rings and HS;
So I had this really, really nerdy conversation with Andrew a couple of weeks ago when we were listening to the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King soundtrack when we were just lying down on my bed (by the way as I type this I'm listening to said soundtrack, which is beautiful and makes me very emotional when I hear it).
"Do you know what's really cool?" I asked.
Andrew answered with, "No, what?"
"That Lord of the Rings has basically defined high school for us. It may have been just three years to some people, but there was so much that happened in between each release for people like us. It's like everything we did only lead up to the next December, Not even with Star Wars did people have the same kind of anticipation. Did they know there was a sequel to Star Wars?"
"I don't think so... no."
"Yeah, and with each release is a completely different phase in my life... I think that's awesome."
This talk went on for a while, and it made me very happy. It's also very true, especially for us high schoolers who have gone through, well, high school and all the changes.
It's like I'm a completely different person when I saw Fellowship of the Ring than the person I am when watching Return of the King. I equate all of these different emotions with each movie - how I was feeling with friends, family, how I viewed myself. I've realized, like the characters in the trilogy, I've gone on a journey too. I'm really attached to these movies, because they've essentially defined me.
Even the people I've seen it with have defined me, especially ROTK. I've seen it each time with people I truly love with all of my heart, and I know I will look back on that when I see it in May/June and with the extended in November.
I sort of freaked out when I saw the release date for ROTK: Extended, because it comes out in November, when most of my friends are away at college. I said this to Travis, and he assured me that, "whereever I will go, I will be back for Thanksgiving. Oh yeah, we will watch it." This is comforting. What's my extended without people I love?
Uhm... Yeah. I don't know what I'm talking about. I think I'm just really sad that high school is ending and LOTR will no longer be a fresh, new thing. It will be something I will always remember with these happy memories.
By the way, whenever I listen to any LOTR soundtrack, I always feel every range of emotion. It's like I'm in the characters' shoes (or boots or Hobbit feet, as it may be).
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Cool things
Concerning Hobbits - Track 2 - FOTR
A Journey In The Dark - Track 12 - FOTR
The Breaking of the Fellowship/In Dreams - Track 17 - FOTR (This is one that always makes me teary eyed)
Foundations of Stone - Track 1 - TTT
The King of the Golden Hall - Track 6 - TTT
Evenstar - Track 8 - TTT
The White Rider - Track 9 - TTT
Forth Eorlingas - Track 16 - TTT
Isengard Unleashed - Track 17 - TTT
Gollum's Song - Track 19 - TTT
Hope and Memory - Track 2 - ROTK
Minas Tirith - Track 3 - ROTK
The Steward of Gondor - Track 5 - ROTK
Twilight and Shadow - Track 8 - ROTK
The End of All Things - Track 16 - ROTK
The Return of the King - Track 17 - ROTK
Into the West - Track 19 - ROTK