Film-related thoughts from a Lord of the Rings and Golden Age of Hollywood fan.
Peter Jackson's trilogy has been wholeheartedly embraced by my family, as my mum, Wendy, writes in this guest post. Has it really been twenty years since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first of director Peter Jackson’s three epic fantasy adventure films, was premiered? Twenty years since millions fell under... Continue Reading →
Clocking in at around 558 minutes there are a plethora of memorable scenes from Peter Jackson's award-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And that's just the theatrical cuts. The extended editions deliver over two more hours of movie magic. To celebrate 20 years since the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship... Continue Reading →
Happy Hobbit Day! During our visit to Singapore, Australia and New Zealand in 2017, my mum and I visited Matamata and Hobbiton Movie Set two days before we left New Zealand and started our long journey back to the UK. As we made the hour's drive from where we were staying in Rotorua we played... Continue Reading →
New Zealand's North Island visually has a different feel to the South Island. While the South Island has the sweeping vistas and looming mountains, North Island is decidedly more hilly. It is three times the population of South Island too. While on North Island we stayed in Rotorua, Auckland and, of course, Wellington, the home... Continue Reading →
Although we've only just started 2021 I'm already looking forward to A Very Special Anniversary that will be taking place at the end of the year. As long-time readers of my blog know, I have loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy since I saw the first film at the cinema aged 13. This year, in... Continue Reading →
Like any other devoted Ringer, when the extended editions of Fellowship, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were released I immediately watched them and then spent hours going through the bonus content. Director and producer Peter Jackson named this bonus content the ‘appendices’. He was following in JRR Tolkien’s footsteps; Tolkien placed... Continue Reading →
If, as the Mayans had predicted, the world had ended yesterday, I would have been in very good company. After all, it's not every day that you get to spend the evening with a wizard. He may have even been able to protect us using his staff. Last night, on FriI joined 39 other people... Continue Reading →
791 days since my post on 16th October 2010 revealing the excellent news that plans for The Hobbit had been greenlit, that principal photography would begin in February 2011 and that Peter Jackson would direct, write and produce, I finally returned to Middle-earth. As Ringers the world over can agree with, to say I was looking forward... Continue Reading →
No Musical Monday post today though it would be 'Happy Birthday' if there was one. Today, 14th May, is the 43rd birthday of Aussie actress Cate Blanchett. When someone asks me: "What has Cate Blanchett been in?" I will undoubtedly say that she was Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings. While I am a... Continue Reading →
Max and I are back with another edition of Trilogy Thursday. This week we take a look at The Lord of the Rings, which features Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn and Ian McKellen as Gandalf. As many of you already know, The Lord of the Rings are my favourite film series. I think I saw... Continue Reading →
Today, ladies and gents, is my 24th birthday. To celebrate I thought I'd list my 24 favourite things about films. From going to the cinema to my annual The Lord of the Rings marathon, there's plenty of reasons why films are my passion. Ruth over at FlixChatter was my inspiration for this post with her '59... Continue Reading →
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is my absolute favourite franchise. It beats out Star Wars and Harry Potter - two of my other favourites - put together... As I said in my post about the Harry Potter franchise, Harry was forgotten as soon as Frodo entered the scene. 2001 - The Lord of the... Continue Reading →
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