Oscar night is almost upon us and with 11 nominations Peter Jacksons ‘The Return of the King’ is…
Continue ReadingOscar night is almost upon us and with 11 nominations Peter Jacksons ‘The Return of the King’ is the big favorite. Of course we will debate, speculate and discuss all about what chances ‘our guys’ have in #thehalloffire. Will ‘The Return of the King’ win the Best Movie award? Will Peter Jackson finally get his Best Director Oscar? And what’s this years competition like?[More]
Bilbo Baggins is smoking his pipe and minding his own business when one day the wizard Gandalf arrives at his front door. Gandalf asks if Bilbo would be interested in going on an adventure, but Bilbo declines. He invites the wizard to come over for tea some time so as not to seem rude, but excuses himself not wanting anything to do with adventures. The next afternoon his doorbell rings and a Dwarf pushes past him and sits down to eat by Bilbos table. He’s followed promptly by 12 others of his kind and Gandalf. An unexpected party begins.[More]
The focus of thehalloffire for the next months will be JRR Tolkiens ‘The Hobbit’. But before starting with the book we will take a closer look at the events prior to the Unexpected Party at Bag End. How did the most succesfull business enterprise of the Third Age get started? What were the motivations of the founders of Thorin & Company? We shall begin with Gandalf and Thorin Oakenshield running into one another on the Road to Bree. A chance-meeting as we say in Middle-earth.[More]
There are some enigmas in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ that we are never really given the answers to. Have you, for example, considered Gandalfs description of how the Balrog changes appearance after the fall from Durins bridge? It does make you think about the Watcher in the water in some ways. Could the Watcher in fact be the Balrog?[More]
The drama between Frodo, Sam and Gollum lies at the heart of Peter Jacksons ‘The Return of the King’. The dynamics between the three travellers change as they slowly make their way from the Emyn Muil to Mt. Doom. Not only is there a growing strain between Frodo and Sam, but as they get closer to Mordor the Ring wears down what remains of good in the tormented mind of Smeagol.[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]
