Even before I saw The Return of the King, the movie haunted my dreams. Having read J.R.R. Tolkien’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy a couple of times, I wasn’t exactly losing sleep over whether intrepid hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) would fail in their quest to destroy the nefarious ring of power. Instead, like many a geek, I didn’t want to be disappointed by a King unworthy of the prior two films. [More]
Month: December 2003
The character of Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy is arguably the first time a computer-generated character has been completely believable. A lot of that is down to London-born actor Andy Serkis, who provides Gollum’s voice and characteristics. [More]
Ringer Spy Drogo Fallohide writes: I just wanted to tell you that apple.com has a trailer to “The Big Empty.” Sean Bean stars in the movie as a rough modern day cowboy who is going to give a guy 27,000 dollars if he brings a blue suitcase to him. [More]
Talented Ringer Spy Andy sends in this Holiday greeting to TORn and the entire TORn family. Enjoy! [More]
With “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” Peter Jackson delivers a decent ending to his fantasy trilogy actually, about 12 endings. [More]
Last year, we at TOR.n gazed into the crystal ball and predicted what would be the big movie projects to feature LotR cast members in 2003, previewing hits such as Master & Commander, Pirates of the Carribean, Veronica Guerin and X-Men 2. With Christmas looming and the New Year around the corner, we now look to 2004 – the first cinematic year post-Lord of the Rings. [More]