Lee Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I took one of my lads to see this last night, apparently he'd seen the previous ones I hadn't. I have to say I sat there for the entire 2+hours & didn't have a clue what was going on, who any one was, who was bad or good or what the out come was. sometime you just know your getting old! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfman Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 you need to see the whole series of films to get the story lee there are 6 or 7 in total the one you seen last night is the last of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I won't be doing that any time soon. Not my type of films those at the best of times. I've not even seen harry potter, it just don't float my boat. I thought it was just a directors CGI feast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Are you in it Lee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Bianchi Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I can't believe it that a British has never read Tolkien... my hero has always been Bilbo Baggins, whose biography includes " In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit in comfortable middle age at 50 years old, was hired in spite of himself as a "burglar" by the wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves led by their king Thorin Oakenshield on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and its treasure from the dragon Smaug". When i saw the movie The Hobbit in english I questioned if they really meant that Bilbo was a "burglar", as a matter of fact I believe they meant a "locksmith", since he was hired to open the safe under custody of the dragon Smaug. The whole novel system of Tolkien is based on a principle of keys and keys and the vision of the world throughout he keyhole of a specific lock. As far as I am concerned, I am in my middle fifties and an "apprentice burglar" therefore quite comparable to Bilbo Baggins. By the time you read Tolkien, my dear Lee, you will be in your mid-fifties too and and a "professional burglar" (please note that I am using the term burglar as in the novel of The hobbit, whereby a burglar is a professional safe intruder for honest purposes). Or not ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I think (and this is said tongue in cheek) you have to work for Timpson to be a "professional burglar" & apprentice locksmith in the UK. WAY, WAY to deep for me Massimo! lol. My love of reading stretches to QP magazine & the keyline monthly emails! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I think (and this is said tongue in cheek) you have to work for Timpson to be a "professional burglar" & apprentice locksmith in the UK. WAY, WAY to deep for me Massimo! lol. My love of reading stretches to QP magazine & the keyline monthly emails! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Bianchi Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I know what you mean by working at Timpsons ....and as far as locksmith apprenticeship I owe that to Ted and Eddie Aldridge who gave me extensive tuition back in 1977 and following years, and probably I owe a good portion of the passion for locks and keys to them as well, that is the main reason I have always considered myself as a genuinely adopted british locksmith and "legitimate honest burglar". Anyway, waiting to sit on the rocking chair with you in front of the fireplace, reading The Lord of The Rings, I invite you to this quick appetizer about the importance of keys and keyholes for Tolkien I hope I am not boring anyone on this thread...and I apologise in advance ! Thanks, Massimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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