Erendira writes in: It goes without saying that Peter Jackson’s attention to details sets all three installments of “The Lord of the Rings” towering above any other movie I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. [More]
Month: January 2004
Ringer Spy Erendira writes:
It goes without saying that Peter Jackson’s attention to details sets all three installments of “The Lord of the Rings” towering above any other movie I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. However, being one of the ‘horsey’ set myself, I found myself especially drawn to the lovely horse-symbols and carvings in The Golden Hall of Rohan, and of the stables in particular. Watching “The Two Towers” (25 times!), I happened to notice the gorgeous banners hung on the wall behind Theoden’s throne and thought to myself, how hard would could it be to make one of those? Well, eight months later–and a lot of sweat, swearing and tears–here’s the end result of my efforts. I gave it to my sister for a Christmas present. Needless to say, it was very well received!
Pantaear writes from Tokyo: As was the case of TTT, three leading members of the LOTR Japanese subtitle reform activities were invited to a private preview of RotK with Japanese subtitle. They say that there were no terrible mistranslations such as in FotR, and much effort seemed to have been spent on the translation. They also discussed over some controversial subtitles and posed alternatives. They say that the people at the movie distributor, Nippon Herald, was very sincere and their opinions on translation will be considered over, as was the case of TTT.
For the past two years, one magazine in New Zealand has done an in-depth issue devoted to LOTR which is hard to match by any magazine anywhere. Some great exclusive photos and some of the best interviews I’ve seen anywhere came out of Pavement’s FOTR and TTT issues. Now they’re offering their ROTK issue to readers around the world. [More]
Elizabeth & Celebrial send along these great reports from the Lincoln Center event this past weekend. Fans also sent along some amazing images from the event! Take a look! link fixed! [More]
In a possible precursor to Oscar night next month, the final instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy has won four prizes at the ninth annual Critics’ Choice Awards, an event whose picks are often echoed at the Academy Awards. [More]