Many\u2019s the children\u2019s tale or poem or book
\nI\u2019ve seen turned to a movie on the screen;
\nI worried what this Hobbit film would mean,
\nand how bald-faced the liberties he\u2019d took?
\nFrom many had I heard a pre-viewed look:
\nThe latest Peter Jackson film they’d seen,
\nand urged me skip, at risk of primal scream \u2014
\nAn Unexpected Journey, best forsook!
\nAnd yet this weekend past, I sat entranced
\nwhile Tolkien\u2019s dream of Shire-folk unwound,
\nwhile stout Bilbo with ogres fought and danced,
\nlike Arthur Dent, whose courage must be found.
\nAnd Gollum gollum\u2019s best, and thus advanced
\nthe tale \u2013 our Precious, lying on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many\u2019s the children\u2019s tale or poem or book I\u2019ve seen turned to a movie on the screen; I worried what this Hobbit film would mean, and how bald-faced the liberties…<\/p>\n