Lord of the Rings

Television Commentary: Martin v. Tolkien

April 30, 2019
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Is it all, from here on out, to be about Daenerys v. John Snow for the Iron Throne?

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Book Review: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-Earth

November 9, 2018
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Journalist Ian Nathan presents Peter Jackson’s trials in bringing Tolkien’s books to film as if he was writing a spy thriller.

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Film Commentary: “The Hobbit” in Print and in Film — A Quick Guide on How to Put the “Faux” in Folklore

May 28, 2013
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Director Peter Jackson in his film adaptation of The Hobbit abandons the intimate scale of the original wonder tale and mistakenly blows it up into mythic proportions.

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