Merry and Pippin have interesting roles in "The Lord of the Rings." While Frodo and Sam are away doing the critical job of destroying the One Ring, their two Hobbit friends play more subtle (but still ...

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was quite a serious story. It dealt with heavy topics like war, death, and trauma, much of which was inspired by Tolkien's own tumultuous life. But it was ...