The Hobbit Chapter 8 – Flies and spiders
The Company march single file into the gloom of Mirkwood. They find that a myriad of animals make sleeping hard and their provisions diminish so that they eventually make the move off the road in search of food. Bombur falls into poisoned water and goes into an unnatural stupor, and a mystical mirage appears causing the companions to get separated from eachother. Lost in the dark Bilbo is attacked by a giant spider.
What kind of place is Mirkwood? Who causes the mirage to appear and why? And what happens to Thorin? Moreover Bilbo finds both his sword and his newfound Ring more than useful. Is he developing into a true hero now, leaving the anti-here more and more behind the further east they get?
upcoming topics:
weekend 150504-160504: Mythological Creatures in Tolkien.
weekend 220504-230504: The Hobbit – Chapter 9
weekend 290504-300504: The Hobbit – Chapter 10
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Ringer Spy Brian pointed us to the Saturn award results: “Peter Jackson’s final chapter in the THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy of films, THE RETURN OF THE KING, took home eight Saturns in all.” Plus one Saturn for The Two Towers EE DVD, making nine total! Fans of Elijah Wood and Sean Astin will also be happy to note the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor award winners… [More]
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After a small April shower during which we reshuffled our format slightly, Green Books is back to bring you some lovely May flowers, including two outstanding Special Guest articles:
- Our smart and informative “Science of Middle-earth” series continues with a look at the question of how tall mallorn trees can grow. [More]
- A guest author takes a look at The Lord of the Rings translated into Russian. [More]
Please check back tomorrow for more forthcoming Green Books May updates!
— Anwyn
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Our good friend Rebecca writes: I was a guest last night for the screening of a new Australian film called ‘Gettin’ Square’ with David Wenham at the Harmony Gold Theatre. [More]
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Our good friend Rebecca writes: I was a guest last night for the screening of a new Australian film called ‘Gettin’ Square’ with David Wenham at the Harmony Gold Theatre. The criminal underworld story is set in the Gold Coast of Australia and it is in the same style of ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and ‘Snatch’. David plays heroin junkie Johnny ‘Spit’ Spitieri, a hopeless criminal set on setting his life straight along with his friend Barry Wirsh, played by Sam Worthington. Johnny, with his greasy mullet hairdo, has a penchant for tight blue nylon shorts and flip flops. The courtroom scene where he is cross examined by the prosecutor is hilarious!
The Q & A afterwards included David, the director Jonathan Teplitzky, and the writer, Chris Nyst who himself is a criminal barrister. Most of the questions were directed towards the director and writer, but David was asked a few questions:
On accepting the role of Johnny he said ” I picked the role of Johhny because I saw the potential to create something memorable’. On the courtroom scene, which they did not rehearse beforehand, he responded ‘We did absolultely no rehearsal on this scene, we just let the surprise occur on the day”. He went on to say he was taking a much needed holiday back in Australia as he just finished three Australian projects back to back.
The movie was filmed before he got on board with LOTR and Van Helsing and no questions were asked about either of these films. Afterwards I got to chat with him a little more about ‘The Boys’ – my favorite of his roles, and being in producer mode, I headed straight to the director and producers to talk about filming. Sorry no cameras were allowed in the theatre although a few people took pictures in the lobby with David on their picture phones;) The organizers (Aus Trade Commission) did get a group shot for their website, so as soon as it is updated I can send you a link.
I am not sure if this film will be getting a wide release distribution deal, so I guess just keep your eyes open in case it ends up at arthouse theatre.
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John Collins writes: We received a “fantastical” number of e-mails and letters in response to my anti-Lord of the Rings rant in these pages last month. Virtually all of the writers revealed themselves as fans of the Tolkien books and movies who were appalled by my having turned off the 10-hour plus movie trilogy in midsaga, having viewed less than a half hour of what I described as “childish shlock.” [More]
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