[Kransha]

Ok, I am not pleased by the ravenous hordes of pseudo-fans and rabid fangirls, BUT, I have not been so cruelly dealt a hand.

Those friends of mine, after seeing the movie, swarmed around me so I could tie up all the loose ends, tell them about before and after, the things they missed. This was a great advantage for me. I could just sit down, with movie fans and friends crowded around, and explain the details of Tolkein. Yes, some girls weren't pleased by the fact that Frodo was 55 and some boys thought the movie depiction of Faramir better, but they all excepted what I said because they knew I was an avid reader of everything Tolkein. They were all saddened by the loss of the Palantir for Denethor, the Scouring of the Shire, Tom Bombadil and the Barrow-Wights. It felt very good to get them genuinely interested in delving into Unfinished Tales and the Silm just to learn more.