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Day: January 11, 2003
McKellen is currently at the heart of one of the most successful and critically acclaimed movie franchises of all time. He’s become a pop icon, thanks to his turn as the wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the second installment of which—The Two Towers— opened in theaters last month and is still doing a brisk business. [More]
No single character from Two Towers has caused more controversy than the writing of Faramir. Some people have been outraged enough to brand it “character assassination”. Keeping in mind that there’s much more of Faramir to come in RoTK, what do we think so far?
The Movie Characterisation of Faramir. Success or Failure?
Is Faramir off-base and miscast, as some have suggested, or have Jackson and Boyens brought onto the spotlight the darkness within and desperate desire for his father’s approval? What can we expect to see in Return of the King? And regardless, does Jackson’s interpretation enhance or detract from Two Towers? [More]
No single character from Two Towers has caused more controversy than the writing of Faramir. Some people have been outraged enough to brand it “character assassination”. Keeping in mind that there’s much more of Faramir to come in RoTK, what do we think so far? The Movie Characterisation of Faramir. Success or Failure? [More]
No single character from Two Towers has caused more controversy than the writing of Faramir. Some people have been outraged enough to brand it “character assassination”. Keeping in mind that there’s much more of Faramir to come in RoTK, what do we think so far?
The Movie Characterisation of Faramir. Success or Failure?
Is Faramir off-base and miscast, as some have suggested, or have Jackson and Boyens brought onto the spotlight the darkness within and desperate desire for his father’s approval? What can we expect to see in Return of the King? And regardless, does Jackson’s interpretation enhance or detract from Two Towers?
Join us this weekend at Hall of Fire for what is sure to be a very lively debate!
Upcoming Discussions:
January 18-19
Frodo, the Ring and controlling Gollum
January 25-26
Arwen’s Choice as handled within the Two Towers
February 2-3
RoTK Book 5 Chapter One – Minas Tirith
Place:
#thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Saturday Chat: 5:30 pm ET (17:30) [also 11:30 pm (23:30) CET and 7:30 am Sunday (07:30) AET]
Sunday Chat: 7:00 pm (19:00) CET [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 4:00 am (04:00) Monday morning AET]
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