The time has come to have a look at the villains of Peter Jacksons ‘The Return of the King’. In Tolkiens story you never really get to see the main badguy – Sauron. How has Jackson solved this when making his movie? Besides Sauron who are the villains and how are they portrayed? [More]

The time has come to have a look at the villains of Peter Jacksons ‘The Return of the King’. In Tolkiens story you never really get to see the main badguy – Sauron. How has Jackson solved this when making his movie? Besides Sauron who are the villains and how are they portrayed? [More]

The time has come to have a look at the villains of Peter Jacksons ‘The Return of the King’. In Tolkiens story you never really get to see the main badguy – Sauron. How has Jackson solved this when making his movie? Besides Sauron who are the villains and how are they portrayed?

I’m sure many will have a thing or two to say about Saruman. And what about Denethor? Is Denethor intended to be the main villain of this movie or maybe that’s Gollum? Join us in #thehalloffire as we debate the villains of ‘The Return of the King’.

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ROTK Premiere: Japan
ROTK Premiere: Japan

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