There are few more infamous passages in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy than when Faramir, Captain of Gondor, elects to take Frodo, Sam and Gollum into his custody, and to bring them and the Ring to Minas Tirith. For movie fans, it is a slightly baffling diversion – Faramir’s change of heart and release of the hobbits comes swiftly, and the episode results in few consequences to him or to Frodo and Sam. To lovers of the book, though, it is an outrageous change, a sign of everything wrong with the films, a complete bastardisation of one of…
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It’s been a moment between posts, alas, the end of the year’s always a hot mess for me and completely killed the momentum I was slowly building in posting – and I’ve been completely unmotivated to do anything extracurricular at all for quite a while, blog writing included. I did notice a little detail that can be covered relatively quickly, though, and figured that I might as well jot it down and that it might get the creative juices flowing again! Namely, the detail of Bilbo being chosen (at least in part) to join Thorin’s Company to avoid their number…
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As Tolkien lovers, we are all at least passingly familiar with the “Secret Fire,” thanks to it being mentioned during one of the Legendarium’s most rightly fa…
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This wasn’t meant to be my 3rd blog post – I’ve got a banger lined up raving about my love for heist films – but the events of the year 2020 wait for no blog…
Leave a CommentIs the One Ring sentient? No. Thanks for joining me for today’s blog entry. Pictured: An insentient One Ring ….oh, you want more? Fine. This is a question…
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