The only way they’ll stop making sequels is if we stop paying to see them.
And I won’t be seeing this one.
Lol, beat you to it! I’ve never paid to see a Lord of the rings movie.
I paid to see the Lord of the Rings trilogy in theaters. I’ve sailed the digital seas for The Hobbit trilogy and the Ring of Power series; the later of which I still haven’t watched. Not sure if I even want to, considering it ignores J.R.R Tolkien’s lore and continuity.
I’m on the fence about this “Hunt for Gollum” film. I know nothing about it and feel like it’s just gonna be adding supplementary story between the Lord of the Rings films that we don’t need.
I followed this bit of lore - it covers 17-year gap between Bilbo Baggins’s 111th birthday party and the day Frodo finally leaves the Shire. This is cannon and mentioned in the appendices of LOTR. The film is directed by Andy Serkis (Gollum) and I have pretty high hopes that the returning LOTR crew - none other than Peter Jackson to direct ( yes I know the Hobbit - but get the fan edit (there are 2) that strips out all the stuff that isn’t in the book and tell me you don’t like it. ) Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, and Lee Pace as Thranduil. If it isn’t pure cannon and no bullshit I will ban it from my yearly marathons forever. Fun fact there was a fan film in 2009 that became cannon in our household called The Hunt For Gollum by Chris Bouchard. It covers the exact timelime and was for a time taken down in a dispute. It is back up though, and its a great freaking watch for a fan film. If you’ve read this far don’t miss the fan film Born Of Hope which is also pure cannon and covers Aragons parents and that time frame. In full marathon mode it’s Born of Hope, The fan edit of the Hobbit, Hunt for Gollum, LOTR.
Nice, thanks for the recommendations! I have both fan edits for The Hobbit and they’re my exclusive watch of that story, but I hadn’t heard of the others you suggested. I’ll definitely track them down.
Sure. This year the wife wants to see the whole 3 movie Hobbit and she probably should but good lord I’m dreading it. Cheers !
The ensemble also sees… Anya Taylor-Joy as an elf.
I suspect there’s an immutable law of the universe that she would be unable to play anything else in a LOTR movie.
This also sounds like its quality ceiling is going to be “inoffensive on streaming.”
Oh, yay.
Look, I dont hate Jamie Dornan. I just dont think he is a very good actor and he doesn’t have the old soul needed to play Aragorn.
Then again, the original Aragorn was Stuart Townsend which is still the single most absurd behind the scenes fact ever. Arguably even worse casting than Jamie Dornan.
Thank you still to Henry Mortensen for convincing his dad to take the role back then. What a bro.
