The Dwarves' intriguing origin story in The Lord of the Rings links to the very origins of good and evil in this setting.

High King Gil-galad convinced Oropher to aid him in the War of the Last Alliance against Sauron. Though the Elves were victorious, Oropher lost his life, and his son Thranduil became the King of the ...

and unashamedly treats The Hobbit as a prequel in which the return of Sauron The Deceiver is foreshadowed ominously. Yet the cutaways to guano-faced nature-wizard Radagast The Brown (Sylvester ...

Likewise the rising menace of Sauron is skipped past with startling ... his warmth and honesty underpinning the hobbit’s self-effacing befuddlement. It’s not until the end, with the film ...