The Lord of the Rings

Who wouldn’t like this movie??!! Well, I do . . . or I used to. I am not a fan of movies with dim background or killings or death. I just don’t like to be affected with the sadness or fear of darkness.

I’ve seen the Fellowship of the Ring years ago and honestly, I can’t remember exactly what happened on that episode. I told myself not to watch any sequels of that film. Indeed, I have kept my word.

Until this month my officemate said he has all the three episodes. At first, I was not interested but for lack of time going to movie houses lately, I decided to borrow the said copies. By the way, his DVDs are the uncut versions, so each episode runs for more than 3 long hours! Inspite of, I brought home the copies.

For the first episode, I was refreshed of the scenes and the stories that were erased from my memory since I first watched it. How the fellowship was established, how each character was presented, how the mission was set. Legolas, the great Elf archer, caught my attention. He is cute. Hahaha.

And so that’s it, not bad for the first part. The second episode is entitled The Two Towers. More and more characters were introduced, more and more kingdoms and places were named, and the plot became more complicated. Gandalf the Grey became Gandalf the White wizard. The plot is making me excited. Legolas is still cute. Hahaha. (Just for curiosity’s sake, his name is Orlando Bloom, been in different blockbuster movies.)

Last night, my mind was battling with its own if I will finish the third episode. And of course, I did watch the last copy. And this time, I noticed another character. He is the brother of Boromir, the only member of the fellowship who died. Faramir is handsome. Hahaha. I slept at past 1am! I had a good sleep though.

This movie has tons of lessons. I admire the loyalty and faith of Sam to Frodo. His heart is very pure. It was not tainted, not even once, by the greediness of the Ring. He remained true and authentic to his friend. He gave all he can give just to help his friend complete the mission even if Frodo, at one point, disregarded their friendship. Sam kept the covenant, he wouldn’t let go of Frodo. This commitment made me pause and reflect on my covenant with God. Believe or not, I cried. I remembered the times I’ve been like Frodo, willfully neglected my covenant with God. I pray that I will stick with my commitment.

Another lesson that made a great impact to me is about hope. The Eye can see everything, in fact it can even tell what the future will be. But just as the rest, it also has weakness, it also cannot control all. Aragorn hold on to what hope is all about. Even if he knows it’s the end and even if they fight, they will be overtaken, he still fought and hold on to his hope. He was made King, the last episode, The Return of the King. My lesson? When all seems questionable, when everything is not going well, when people are neglecting God, when others do not believe in Jesus, there is hope. God is the hope. He is omniscient, He is omnipotent, He is omnipresent. And He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

One last thing that I realized, I am not the main character. Until the last episode, I am for Legolas. He is not the leader, he is just a secondary character. Refined, loyal and obedient to his leader and not to mention that he is a good friend to Gimli (the Dwarf) too. The same goes for me, in this life, I am not the lead character, I am the follower of my Leader who is the King. My life on earth is all about Jesus. And I pray that I would be faithful to my word until eternity…