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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2019 17:39:46 GMT
Even though the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies have been unbelievably popular, I think producers are far overestimating the attraction that a bio on the author will have. I am a big fan of the books, but I have no interest at all in seeing this.
They're spending a shit ton on promotion.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 17:44:58 GMT
Hoult is like franco to me, there's something about him that puts me off him. I have no idea why though.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 18:37:09 GMT
Hoult is like franco to me, there's something about him that puts me off him. I have no idea why though. His acting style might not be to everyone's taste, but comparing him to a military dictator is a bit strong!  |
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Post by DarknessFish on May 10, 2019 8:42:18 GMT
Yeah, I don't get this at all, there's never been any kind of mythos built up around Tolkien himself, the way there was around a Hemingway or an Orwell, there's never been any inkling of inner turmoil or interesting adventures. Just an academic geezer making up languages and shit poems in Elvish in his spare time. I saw the trailer in the cinema, and it looked like a Sunday evening BBC 1 drama given an expensive makeover.
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Post by driftin on May 10, 2019 12:01:52 GMT
Hoult is like franco to me, there's something about him that puts me off him. I have no idea why though. I agree with this. Most of the time I find them a little irritating but they have done work which I like. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 19:21:21 GMT
Is it more to do with the genesis of the work rather than the story of a man? How the person grew to develop the world and history of Middle Earth, the Silmarillion, the languages? There are enough fanatics out there.
There have been other films made of authors, Beatrix Potter etc.
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Post by Reasonable good Nick on May 13, 2019 11:36:31 GMT
Is it more to do with the genesis of the work rather than the story of a man? How the person grew to develop the world and history of Middle Earth, the Silmarillion, the languages? There are enough fanatics out there. Yes, it's about how his experiences shaped his writing and key elements of the Middle Earth mythos, and they go through them in an almost tick box manner. As a child he had a huge natural talent for learning and inventing languages - tick. His fiancee loved Wagner and introduced him to the Ring of the Nibelung stories and mythology - tick. He had three very close friends, so the film emphasises their close 'fellowship' - tick. It even goes so far as to give him a wartime batman called Sam, who follows him faithfully around the trenches of The Somme. And so it goes on. For all that though, I enjoyed it. I like Hoult, and the other actors are uniformly good. And the cinematography and CGI is good, especially when they merge scenes from the trenches with Tolkienesque imagery, such as a dire-breathing dragon morphing into a German soldier with a flame-thrower. I took my daughters to see it yesterday - they are both Tolkien fanatics - and they loved it. |
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