He's still a member of the Fellowship, after all.
In the grand scheme of this saga, can one Hobbit (one not entrusted with a ring, or any particular quest) make a difference? It’s all too big for him, but he’s seen enough of the world to know that he can’t just sit idly by. In a scene from the Extended Edition of ROTK (don’t bother to watch any other version), Merry displays his “simple courage” to Eowyn, who does not have much hope. It’s a very soft scene, and Monaghan lays out Merry’s feelings in expert fashion. They both have swords, and they are going to use them. Nobody asks them to go to war, but they both need and want to help however they can. until he joins forces with someone else who is somewhat unwanted and has been left behind, Eowyn. While Pippin has Gandalf for company, Merry is left alone in the middle of the Rohan army. Monaghan’s Merry is highly effective as part of a comedic duo with Boyd’s Pippin, but ROTK splits them up.
We’ve gone too far to turn back now, so forth Eorlingas! It’s not easy to choose, so I don’t know why I’m doing this to myself.
#THE HOBBIT FRODO TORRENT#
Instead of another gushing torrent of love directed solely at these actors (which I could provide, but I’ll spare you), it might be better to look at what could be the best scenes (or my favorites, at least) from each actor. Are there better characters to look at on Hobbit Day than the four Hobbit leads themselves? Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), Billy Boyd (Peregrin Took), and Dominic Monaghan (Meriadoc Brandybuck) are certainly actors due for some celebration. Instead, it’s time to take a look at the four performances that are at the very heart of these films. I won’t mention that Andy Serkis is a f**king god. I will not mention how Miranda Otto triumphs eternally as Eowyn, or how Bernard Hill puts you right into the head and heart of King Theoden. I will not mention how Liv Tyler is often overlooked for the quiet, spellbinding genius she brought to Arwen. This is why we’re going to focus on the Hobbits.īecause of this, I won’t mention how Sir Ian McKellen gave iconic and perfect life to my all-time favorite literary creation, or how Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn is a man I would follow anywhere, anytime. If I started going through every insanely wonderful performance in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, we’d be here until next year's Hobbit Day. I’m going to use a smaller net here in an attempt to be more in keeping with the tone of the day.
The Lord of the Rings movies, directed by Peter Jackson (and adapted from Tolkien by Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh), is also fit to burst with brilliant performances, and all of them deserve attention and celebration. Last year I celebrated the day by recounting the highly underrated performances in the highly underrated trilogy based on The Hobbit, but this year we’re going to dive into the one true trilogy to rule them all. Though this date also marks the Long-Expected Party (by non-Shire reckoning, of course) and celebrates fictitious characters, “Hobbit Day” as it is now known has become a reason to celebrate everything and anything having to do with Professor Tolkien and his works - not that I ever need much of an excuse. September 22 marks the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, both of them the literary creations of J.R.R.
#THE HOBBIT FRODO FULL#
Break out the Gaffer’s homebrew and stuff that long-stemmed pipe full of Old Toby - the time has come once again to celebrate Hobbit Day.
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