So long, we're so sorry!

We're really sorry it's been so long since we have updated the blog! but boy, does it feel nice to have time. Winter break just started and a break from a ton of school work is nice, though we do have homework. Speaking of, it's been about a year since we've started this blog!

Happy birthday to our blog! ♪♫

This weekend we went to our aunt and uncle's to see most of our family from Canada. It was fun, and the food was good. :) We spent the night at a nearby hotel and just got back.

Well, a lot has been going on lately.... INCLUDING THE HOBBIT!

Bilbo! "I'm going on an adventure!" Seems like the Took-ish part of him has prompted an unexpected journey.

It was a bit different than the book, but you have to expect that from a 3-movie series that is from  A TINY BOOK. That part made me kinda mad, and I didn't love some of the stuff that they added, but it was good anyway! And Riddles in the Dark was AMAZING. Probably the best part in the movie (and the book, in my opinion!) Oh, Gollum. And the music was good-- they had some parts of Lord of the Rings music but added some more themes. They did a great job. There was a lot of fighting scenes, though. Kind of different than the book-- we were talking that if Tolkien directed the movies there would be way more story-telling and journey-walking. Boring for a movie, but kind of his style. 

Another one of my favorite parts was the beginning. They had Frodo!! They started out on the day, "A long-expected Party" AWW ITS SO CUTE. I COULDN'T STOP SMILING. First it's the old LOTR Bilbo and then Frodo steps into the room, smiling at him. I WAS SO HAPPY. (It's like, "Wait, Frodo's happy? That's awesome!" :D Yay!)

The only weird part was that they had a lot of attention on Balin (which I was fine with) and Kili (which got annoying because he wasn't that important in the book. And I like Fili better anyway. And he doesn't really even look like a dwarf.)

With some of the moments-that-had-to-be-added-to-make-it-into-a-two-hour-fourty-five-minute-movie, I got a little frustrated--- were those moments mostly made up? or should I have read the Silmarillion or something to learn what was really going on "behind-the-scenes" of the focus on Bilbo, (and/or Thorin & Co.) like with Gandalf or whathaveyou.

Anyway, it was a superb movie and I am so excited for the other two movies!!!!!
YAY I LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS.
(meaning anything Tolkien related, including the Hobbit. :) )

Well, hopefully we'll get back on here before too long!
We're listening to Christmas music now. Yay Christmas. :)
-hANDs
(written by Sarah) ;)