From lewrockwell.com: An article by John Yatt from the Guardian of December 2, 2002 attacks Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings with amazing hostility. He not only dismisses the book as “a fake, a forgery, a dodgy copy” but he also attacks it as harmful, “The Lord of the Rings is racist.” He ends with this judgement, “Strip away the archaic turns of phrase and you find a set of basic assumptions that are frankly unacceptable in 21st-century Britain.” [More]
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Shelagh sends along some other TTT nominations, including Gollum and other TTT things at Critic’s Choice Awards. [More]
And the Critic’s Circle nomination for Peter Jackson as Best Director. [More]
Brandon Gray – BoxOfficeMojo.com
‘The Two Towers’ is estimated to have taken in a whopping $27-28 million at 3,622 theaters and an estimated 6,500 screens on Wednesday. That shatters the $18.2 million December opening day record that ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ posted last year at 3,359 venues and around 5,700 screens. It also stands as the sixth biggest opening day ever: Opening Day Chart. The estimate is based on the $21.8 million it generated at 2,526 theaters reporting to Nielsen EDI, the firm that tabulates over 80% of theaters’ box office revenue for the industry. The actual number will be posted at the site at around noon Pacific time in the daily section.
According to a Salt Lake City newspaper TORnados really know how to line party. Here is a report that chronicles the exclusive Salt Lake City TORnsibs only event! [More]
We just got a report from Ringer Miller that the estimated first day earnings of The Two Towers in US theaters is $27.3 million. Not to shabby! According to our friend Brandon Gray at Boxofficemojo.com, that places TTT at 2nd place in all-time Wednesday release earnings, behind SW EPI. [More]
CNN reports: Two movies going head to head at the box office this week are also up against each other for top honors in the Golden Globe awards. “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” and “Gangs of New York” were both nominated for best motion picture drama in a ceremony Thursday morning in Los Angeles. [More]
The entire list of nominations is coming soon!