[–] jervybingly 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
The Road goes ever on and on
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
— J R R Tolkien
You're just inferring what you want out of it. It's a great story and all but I could just as easily say it's multiculturalism propaganda on account of a motley gang of different races working together to defeat evil. I mean c'mon the elf and dwarf have a fucking bro love moment right in your video.
But that's what great stories do. They bring all kinds of different meaning to different people. There's plenty of specific theories about what exactly Tolkien was alluding to with his writing given his military history and the absolute state of Europe at the time, but they're just that - theories.
[–] theoldones 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
tolkein wrote the lord of the rings as PTSD recovery after surviving a world war, using the creative materials of old European paganism
the deep lore of how it was written, goes way deep.
[–] Deezedlat [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I have read the silmarilion as well. I loved all his works. The movies as amazing as they are pale to the books. I just love this cinematic