Last weekend I attended the wedding of two good friends. My daughter who is now 3.5 month old was there as well as I still have not found a way to feel comfortable having her babysat for an extended period of time.
Me, my partner and my little daughter were lucky enough to get a lift by two of our other friends, who also attended the wedding.
It was a casual, yet beautiful ceremony and I got the opportunity to hang out with my really good friends for an entire day. But I felt a bit sad at the end of the day.
I was reminded of when I watched the Lord of the Rings movies the first time. I am one of those annoying people who have always read the book. LOTR in particularly I have read 15-20 times. It is my all time favourite novel and I know quotes and scenes from it by heart.
I was so excited when I heard that the books would be made into movies, but I was also terrified. What if Peter Jackson ruined everything?
I ended up quite enjoying the movies and I have watched them multiple times, even sat through the extended edition versions a couple of times, however I always feel that something is missing. That the experience is not quite what it could have been.
It is understandable that directors cut out certain parts of a book when trying to fit it to the movie format, but it has always saddened me that the entire Tom Bombadil adventure disappeared. For me it is such a big part of the Middle Earth universe and is part of showing how the entire world is changing. The beautiful melancholy of the books simply does not get to shine properly without the adventures in the Old Forest.
And this is kind of how I felt at the wedding as well. It was a great experience and I am so glad I was there able to witness my very good friends getting married, but I deeply felt that I was missing out on part of the experience because I was there with my baby.
Having to leave during all the speeches to avoid disturbing and sitting out on most of the dancing and the dinner conversation just took away a bit of the awe from attending this ceremony with all its old traditions and changed the experience of the wedding subtlely. Same as having Arwen be the white rider at the banks of Rivendale instead of Glorfindel changes the story of Lord of the Rings slightly and makes the universe smaller.
My friends and partner were great and tried helping out as much as possible and I love my little daughter to no end, but I can't wait till the day where I fell comfortable leaving her with my mom for an evening so I can go out and be 100% present at a party or gathering of friends.
Also, what the hell are they doing with the Hobbit movies... That is not subtle changes, that is equivalent to attending the wedding through a video call on Skype.... >.<
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