The Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit
Watched the Hobbit today.
What a beautifully crafted movie. From cast, costume, music to story line, everything is near perfect. Martin Freeman is simply fabulous. I totally agree with Peter Jackson that there will not be another person who can play Bilbo like him. Richard Armitage's Thorin is brilliant. He looks so handsomely young and vulnerable among his merry going companions. Whenever he is in, he brings with him the pain, the heaviness and the nobility of a lost prince. The whole movie is fast paced to the end except some scenes like in Rivendell and the Brown Sorcerer. I hope the 2nd and 3rd movie will give more screen time to Thorin as his character develops. He has yet to show his cunning, calculating side.
I become a fan of the Lord of the Rings rather late, 4 years later after they were out. Christmas of 2004 I borrowed the DVDs from a local library, and was totally unprepared for the impact. I believe there will not be another actor who could deliver Frodo like Elijah Wood. He is simply amazing. A young actor as he was, he could nail the lonely long scenes with Gollum. Thank goodness Peter Jackson did not use Nicolas Cage or Daniel Day-Lewis for Aragorn, or Bruce Willis as Boromir. They would have made the trilogy disastrous. Imagine Day-Lewis using a sword. He is forever the Mr. Cecil, fastidious and boring. I can't stand if Cage played Aragorn. He would have looked like a clown. I wish Richard Armitage were available then - he would have made an unforgettable Aragorn. Bean is the perfect choice for Boromir because he possesses the noble air while Willis has none. The success of the LOTR shows that you don't need Hollywood big shots to make a movie successful.
The whole the LOTR trilogy is inspiring. I especially like the Two Towers. Although it is stuck in the middle, I find the story very moving. I love the Rohan part, the battle of Helm's Deep, and the Ent worriers. The music is so powerful that it brings tears to me. My favorite park is the fiddle part winding in the Rohan theme, and the choir when Ents march to the war. The music itself can be a stand-alone epic piece. The extensive use of choirs enhances the narrative function of the music. The structure of the music reminds one of Shakespeare's plays or Beowulf or Iliad, themes, sub-themes interwoven.
I never actually completed reading the books. I started them but could not finish because the pace is slow, like an old man telling a story. I will sure read all of them when I am old enough and patient enough.
I admire Peter Jackson's courage to make the stories into movies. Such huge projects, which demand a person to be superbly organized and determined. He truly is passionate about what he is doing and has the vision in mind. He deserves the loudest applaud.
What a beautifully crafted movie. From cast, costume, music to story line, everything is near perfect. Martin Freeman is simply fabulous. I totally agree with Peter Jackson that there will not be another person who can play Bilbo like him. Richard Armitage's Thorin is brilliant. He looks so handsomely young and vulnerable among his merry going companions. Whenever he is in, he brings with him the pain, the heaviness and the nobility of a lost prince. The whole movie is fast paced to the end except some scenes like in Rivendell and the Brown Sorcerer. I hope the 2nd and 3rd movie will give more screen time to Thorin as his character develops. He has yet to show his cunning, calculating side.
I become a fan of the Lord of the Rings rather late, 4 years later after they were out. Christmas of 2004 I borrowed the DVDs from a local library, and was totally unprepared for the impact. I believe there will not be another actor who could deliver Frodo like Elijah Wood. He is simply amazing. A young actor as he was, he could nail the lonely long scenes with Gollum. Thank goodness Peter Jackson did not use Nicolas Cage or Daniel Day-Lewis for Aragorn, or Bruce Willis as Boromir. They would have made the trilogy disastrous. Imagine Day-Lewis using a sword. He is forever the Mr. Cecil, fastidious and boring. I can't stand if Cage played Aragorn. He would have looked like a clown. I wish Richard Armitage were available then - he would have made an unforgettable Aragorn. Bean is the perfect choice for Boromir because he possesses the noble air while Willis has none. The success of the LOTR shows that you don't need Hollywood big shots to make a movie successful.
The whole the LOTR trilogy is inspiring. I especially like the Two Towers. Although it is stuck in the middle, I find the story very moving. I love the Rohan part, the battle of Helm's Deep, and the Ent worriers. The music is so powerful that it brings tears to me. My favorite park is the fiddle part winding in the Rohan theme, and the choir when Ents march to the war. The music itself can be a stand-alone epic piece. The extensive use of choirs enhances the narrative function of the music. The structure of the music reminds one of Shakespeare's plays or Beowulf or Iliad, themes, sub-themes interwoven.
I never actually completed reading the books. I started them but could not finish because the pace is slow, like an old man telling a story. I will sure read all of them when I am old enough and patient enough.
I admire Peter Jackson's courage to make the stories into movies. Such huge projects, which demand a person to be superbly organized and determined. He truly is passionate about what he is doing and has the vision in mind. He deserves the loudest applaud.
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