“The new film ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ (opening Dec. 14) has got action and adventure galore, just like ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy that preceded it. But the director and actors who worked on the movie are well aware of the deeper themes that lie at the heart of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), who authored all the original books, published between 1937 and 1955.
“At a recent press conference about the film in New York City, Richard Armitage, who portrays the Dwarf warrior Thorin Oakenshield, said, ‘One of the things I find when I look into that book [The Hobbit] is a sense of Tolkien’s Catholicism, his Christianity – not necessarily in a denominational way, but in terms of his chivalric view of the world, his nobility which is expressed through kindness and mercy. It’s present in most of his characters and I find that inspiring.’”
In a recent commentary, Tony Rossi, of The Christophers, reflected on the Catholic themes that are present in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
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