A peaceful moment

It was a peaceful moment in the Shire, the home of hobbits, with the birds singing and everything being just perfectly fine. Even though Sauron had just been defeated and the long-awaited peace had finally come to the Middle-Earth, there were still those who needed action in their life.

Meriadoc Brandybuck, or Merry, and Peregrin Took, shortly Pippin, were lying on a soft and fresh grass, completely satisfied in every possible way. After all, they were one the heroes who had been in the Fellowship of the Ring and been part of saving the earth from the dark. Since they were heroes, they had gotten everything they needed, like cigarettes and food for example.

The both of them were just lying on their back, enjoying the gentle breezes of the wind, the touch of the slightly damp grass, the singing of birds, the flowing sound of the river and the utterly beautiful view of the evening sunset. Those were all things they couldn’t do after they were included to the Fellowship, they didn’t know, whether they could see tomorrow or not.

Pippin sighed, ”Hey, do you remember when I touched that stupid crystal ball and in consequence we got separated for awhile?” he asked, his words sounding more like sleep-talking than normal talking. Merry looked briefly at the other fellow slightly grinning, ”Of course. I was afraid that it would be our farewell..But. I’m glad it wasn’t though!” he said happily while sitting up and ruffled Pippin’s hair.

Pippin smiled and also sat up. A silence fell upon them, but it wasn’t an awkward one, it was a silence remembering the adventure they had been trough, a serene one. ”It was quite an adventure..” Pippin said almost inaudibly, yearning could be heard from his voice. Merry nodded thoughtfully.

Then at the same time, both of them looked up. The hobbits turned to look at each other simultaneously, ”Shall we go?” Merry asked enthusiastically and Pippin nodded smiling.

Marley & Me

Marley & Me is a movie based on a book written by John Grogan, which is also the name of the leading male actor in the movie. It was directed by David Frankel and the screenplay by Scott Frank and Don Roos. The movie is starred by two famous actors Owen Wilson (John Grogan) and Jennifer Aniston (Jenny Grogan) who, in the beginning of the movie, got married.

At the beginning of their joint life they follow the plan that Jenny wrote, which leads to moving to a warmer place and getting a house. John starts to work as a reporter but eventually becomes a very good columnist. In the fear of moving to the next step of Jenny’s plan, John decides to get her a puppy, a Labrador retriever, so that she wouldn’t think about having a child yet. They named the puppy Marley, who happened to be a total disaster, it eats the floor, chews the walls, drinks from the toilet, stays up all night howling when it’s a thunderstorm, gets kicked out of a behavior school meant for dogs etc. John’s boss wanted him to write a couple of columns and he couldn’t think of anything to write about but Marley. His columns were very liked, which lead to him being a columnist and he would almost in every column mention Marley. Despite Marley being a chaotic dog, it had a big heart and it loved Grogans very much. They had three children which made few years of their life very hectic but they managed to go through it even with Marley being part of their everyday life.

Jenny acts sometimes a bit selfishly when she herself doesn’t feel good and says and does what she wants, but when she realizes that she has done wrong, she honestly apologizes. John is sarcastic but very funny guy. He is also very honest and nice person.

The movie’s genre is both drama and comedy. I think that the most of it is comedy though it has a very dramatic ending. In my opinion, the movie is definitely worth of watching. I have watched it at least five times and I’m still not fed up with it, it always makes me laugh and in the end I cry my eyes out.