Charlie W. Starr's blog

So we’ve seen the first Hobbit film. What now? Lovers of Tolkien’s world were warned a couple of years ago that material was going to be added to the movies (originally two, now three), based on additional Middle-earth lore, primarily from The Silmarillion. The movie met those expectations and now many of us have firsthand experience of the fact that Peter Jackson’s Hobbit is, in many ways, not Tolkien’s. Does that make it bad?

 
            We’ve spent an entire quarter looking at the Purpose of Art. In the previous twelve essays, I took us through a solid primer on how Christians should approach the arts. If you missed an issue, I encourage you to find it online here at the 'bot. Here I conclude the series with a check sheet for your convenience of the most important points from throughout the year:

Here near the end of this quarter long study, we’ve been discussing how to experience art: how to look at paintings, sculpture, and architecture and how to read literature. This week we look at how to watch movies and television. “But don’t we already know how to watch TV? Just grab the remote and press the ‘On’ button.” And that of course is the first problem.

Content vs. Method