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War Movies 3 – Troy
This is a slightly different approach for a war movies month subject. While we now know that there was a historic walled city called Troy, and it was completely burned sometime in the 12th century BC, there isn’t a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged achilles, agememnon, brad pitt, brendan gleeson, brian cox, cynthia well, diane kruger, epic historical film, eric bana, fort ricasoil, greek mythology, james horner, josh groban, malta, menalaus, mexico, movie review, movies, odysseus, orlando bloom, peter o'toole, roger ebert, rose byrne, sean bean, tanja tzarovska, trojan war, troy, tyler mane, war movies, wolfgang peterson
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Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
It’s been a crazy week, which is why I haven’t been able to post this until now despite rewatching Return of the King over a week ago. Anyway, Return of the King’s accomplishments cannot be overstated. Upon its release, it … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, andy serkis, aragon, army of the dead, battle of minis tirith, battle of pelennor fields, cgi, christopher lee, denathor, elijah wood, eomer, eowyn, epic fantasy, fantasy, fantasy movies, faramir, frodo, frodo baggins, gandalf, gimli, gollum, ian mckellen, john rhys-davies, jon noble, jrr tolkien, karl urban, legolas, lord of the rings, lord of the rings month, lord of the rings: the return of the king, miranda otto, mordor, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, path of the dead, peter jackson, return of the king, roger ebert, rotten tomatoes, samwise gamgee, saruman, sauron, sean astin, smeagol, the witch king, Tolkien, trolls, viggo mortensen, weta digital, weta workshop
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers takes almost much everything that worked in Fellowship of the Ring and kicks it up a notch. If the first Lord of the Rings movie is a masterclass in worldbuilding (which it is), … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, andy serkis, aragon, arawen, bafta, battle of helms deep, bernard hill, billy boyd, boromir, cgi, denathor, domonic monaghan, elijah wood, ents, epic fantasy, fantasy, fantasy movies, faramir, frodo, frodo baggins, gandalf, gimli, gollum, gondor, grammy awards, helms deep, howard shore, hugo award, ian mckellen, john rhys-davies, king theoden, legolas, liv taylor, lord of the rings, lord of the rings: the two towers, merry, movie review, movies, orcs, orlando bloom, osgiliath, peter jackson, pippen, rohan, samwise gamgee, saturn awards, sean astin, sean bean, smeagol, the two towers, treebeard, uruk-hai, viggo mortensen
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The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy went through a number of production difficulties, which I wrote about in my previous Hobbit movie post. To sum it up, it involved late director changes, shooting with an incomplete script, and spreading the original plan … Continue reading
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Tagged balin, battle of the five armies, bilbo baggins, cate blanchett, dwarves, elrond, elves, epic fantasy, fantasy movies, galadriel, gandalf, goblins, guillermo del toro, hugo weaving, ian mckellen, ken stott, legolas, martin freeman, mgm, mgm studios, middle earth, movie review, movies, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, peter jackson, radagast, richard aritage, smaug, sylvester mccoy, the hobbit, the hobbit: battle of the five armies, thorin
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
In my previous Hobbit movie post, I teased that the production behind the Hobbit movie trilogy was a mess. It’s time to discuss exactly how much of a mess that was. Because of the massive success that was the Lord … Continue reading
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Tagged balin, benedict cumberbatch, bilbo baggins, dragon movies, dragons, dwarves, evangeline lilly, fantasy, fantasy movies, fran walsh, gandalf, guilleromo del toro, hobbits, ian mckellen, jrr tolkien, ken stott, lake-town, legolas, martin freeman, mgm, mgm studios, middle earth, movie review, movies, necromancers, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, peter jackson, phillipa boyens, richard aritage, smaug, tauriel, the hobbit, the hobbit: the desolation of smaug, thorin, united artists, wizards
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