Tag Archives: Hobbit

The Hobbit as a Living Text: The Battle of 5 Blogs

Posted on 20 December 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Originally posted on A Pilgrim in Narnia:
This post is part of the Battle of the Five Blogs, or six blog to be precise. It is a throw-down of various Tolkien bloggers who are thinking about the release of the…

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The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Blogs

Posted on 18 December 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Originally posted on A Pilgrim in Narnia:
Or thereabouts. A very serious sounding business, isn’t it? Well, we have fewer enemies and more allies than Peter Jackson’s crowd. We also have fewer extras and less CGI–though some of us may…

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Very Merry Unspoilers: Unfinished Hobbit Business

Posted on 17 December 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Today and the rest of this week I am participating in The Battle of the Five Blogs about the new Hobbit movie. It’s not really a battle, of course: merely a chance to share ideas in a kind of Round … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit: Myth Becomes Mess

Posted on 16 December 2014 by Sørina Higgins

My review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been published on Christianity Today Movies. You can read it here. In it, I talk about moral ambiguity, myth dwindling to fact, and the unfinished parts of the … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Judging the Hobbit Films

Posted on 5 November 2014 by Sørina Higgins

As you know, this coming Saturday is Mythgard’s exciting webathon: an evening of lively, intelligent content interspersed with chances for you to support the Academy. I’ll be participating in two sessions: the first a chat about the lives and loves … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing “The Hobbit” Smackdown

Posted on 8 October 2014 by Sørina Higgins

On November 8th, Mythgard Academy is holding its fundraising webathon, and I have foolishly agreed to face off with The Tolkien Professor in a debate about “The Hobbit” films — so I need your help! As you may know, Corey … Continue reading →

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On Adaptation: contextualizing the trailer for “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”

Posted on 30 July 2014 by Sørina Higgins

And the Jackson saga goes on and on… Here is the trailer for “the defining chapter of the Middle-earth saga” (so they say): Of course, the internet goes kind of crazy when anything like that is released. Half of the … Continue reading →

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Review of “The Hobbit” and Report on Mythmoot

Posted on 19 December 2013 by Sørina Higgins

I have written a little review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; it is published here, on Curator. In this article, I also summarize my experience at The Tolkien Professor’s conference this past weekend, called “Mythmoot II.” You may … Continue reading →

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Where is “The Hobbit”?

Posted on 10 November 2013 by Sørina Higgins

You are invited to attend Where is “The Hobbit”? Sørina Higgins discusses TOLKIEN’S FANTASTICAL GEOGRAPHY Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) is hosting an event in preparation for the release of Peter Jackson’s film The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug. Everyone … Continue reading →

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