Michelle Johnston
Mithlond
Oct 13 2024, 6:02am
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Everything I hear about these guys makes me more optimistic I agree. Even if the viewers don't agree with every choice they make, at least these guys seem to be making these choices for specific reasons relating to the story they want to tell. LOL: they exemplify two of the main ways it seems to me that people become Tolkien fans: seeing/reading The Hobbit as children or seeing Jackson's movies at a still impressionable age.
That last point you made was important to me. My introduction to Tolkien was neither the Hobbit or the LOTR films it was the LOTR books.
This probably helps me understand why the mode of story telling (fully developed rather than summary non-character centred) and the tone (adult, grave, serious) is what I have always looked for elsewhere in the other books and films.
Whilst ROP has flaws, and some rather basic ones, the tone and way the story is told fits my needs, Tom being a good example.
When I read the LOTR I love to make the journey with Frodo and watch his transformation. When I think of S3 I look forward to Elendil, Isildur, Galadriel and Arondir and the Dwarven story. Characters that I am invested in. And of course the evolution of Sauron.
My Dear Bilbo something is the matter with you! you are not the same hobbit that you were.
(This post was edited by Michelle Johnston on Oct 13 2024, 6:04am)
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