A lazy sweltering weekend is drawing to a close and I have, I must admit, been bunking off.
At long last I finally managed to see Transformers, it was a brilliant film on two levels none of which relate to the objective quality of the movie. Firstly I did indeed get to regress to childhood and secondly it was not the 80s cartoon I was reminded of so much as the stories as I imagined them in my head because the CG was the best I’ve seen in quite sometime.
I also managed to see the Simpsons, it was alright but it had been overhyped and so I was a little disappointed not to have pulled something with laughter. Then again I had already strained me funny muscle by watching Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny the night before, which led me to YouTube which in turn led me to a link to J.R.R.Tolkien, the author of the book I’m currently reading – “The Monsters and The Critics”.
I have probably recounted the tale numerous times of how The Hobbit was the first novel bought for me by my father when I was 8 and I’ve pretty much been hooked ever since. This is pretty much one of the last pieces of his writing I’ve not actually read and nearly every essay touches on topics close to my heart from the very cool Beowulf to the essay that so clearly left its imprint on more than one or two fantasy writers (On Fairy Stories) to the deeply fascinating English and Welsh.
As I lay on my lawn unable to move in the doldrum like heat that struck London today it was pretty much the only thing that kept me sane – the other was the video that provides the link between the D and Tolkien proving I am not just rambling idly from subject to subject:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG2FzHjzJj8]
That groaning you can hear is Tolkien rolling over in his grave but damn I couldn’t help laughing…
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