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Erendis · 04-21-2009, 03:52 AM

Yeap,I 've found it in December and since then,I can't wait the 3rd of May to come!

Rumil · 04-23-2009, 03:24 PM

Hi Erendis,

too right, looking forward to this (though a little gingerly in case it turns out awful).

I must say the trailers look as if a lot of work has gone into making them look compatible with the PJ films.

Rumil · 04-23-2009, 03:48 PM

Blimey,

this gets better and better, there's another film coming out at the end of 2009 called 'Born of Hope', looks like a biopic of young Aragorn,

see here-

http://www.bornofhope.com/Welcome.html

And both shot around the UK (thought I recognised some bits of North Wales!)

Kuruharan · 04-23-2009, 07:52 PM

Wow...I had no idea these were being made.

It looks pretty good.

Good find!

Bêthberry · 04-23-2009, 08:19 PM

Thanks, Rumil, for the links. These look fascinating, especially (to me) because they are fan-made. They are yet more evidence of how readers invest Tolkien with something special, something very few other authors inspire.

Quite extraordinary.

Tuor in Gondolin · 04-23-2009, 08:45 PM

The quality of the trailers is better then I
thought it would be, although perhaps a
bit too much PJish (not enough of an
individual style and feel). Still, not an
uninteresting or unworthy effort.

skip spence · 04-25-2009, 01:29 AM

I can only mirror sentiments already expressed here. It seems a very ambitious project but apparently they've copied PJ:s visual style almost to every last detail, which to me is a shame, as a copy will always pale in comparison to the original. The biggest eye-opener though is the sheer quality of that trailer: sweeping birds-eye views of snowy mountains, fighting-scenes with lots of fully and ably costumed actors, a believable CGI-Gollum. Very impressive indeed. Perhaps it won't be long before we see a fan-filmed Silmarillion or Children of Hurin as well...

04-21-2009, 03:52 AM	#1
Erendis Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imloth Melui,with Yoreth's sister...Just finished the Panadol stock. Posts: 398	Yeap,I 've found it in December and since then,I can't wait the 3rd of May to come! __________________ Ah,it's good to be home again!

04-23-2009, 03:24 PM	#2
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	new LoTR movie made! Hi Erendis, too right, looking forward to this (though a little gingerly in case it turns out awful). I must say the trailers look as if a lot of work has gone into making them look compatible with the PJ films. __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

04-23-2009, 03:48 PM	#3
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Blimey, this gets better and better, there's another film coming out at the end of 2009 called 'Born of Hope', looks like a biopic of young Aragorn, see here- http://www.bornofhope.com/Welcome.html And both shot around the UK (thought I recognised some bits of North Wales!) __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

04-23-2009, 07:52 PM	#4
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,594	Wow...I had no idea these were being made. It looks pretty good. Good find! __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

04-23-2009, 08:19 PM	#5
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,005	Thanks, Rumil, for the links. These look fascinating, especially (to me) because they are fan-made. They are yet more evidence of how readers invest Tolkien with something special, something very few other authors inspire. Quite extraordinary. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

04-23-2009, 08:45 PM	#6
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	The quality of the trailers is better then I thought it would be, although perhaps a bit too much PJish (not enough of an individual style and feel). Still, not an uninteresting or unworthy effort. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

04-25-2009, 01:29 AM	#7
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	I can only mirror sentiments already expressed here. It seems a very ambitious project but apparently they've copied PJ:s visual style almost to every last detail, which to me is a shame, as a copy will always pale in comparison to the original. The biggest eye-opener though is the sheer quality of that trailer: sweeping birds-eye views of snowy mountains, fighting-scenes with lots of fully and ably costumed actors, a believable CGI-Gollum. Very impressive indeed. Perhaps it won't be long before we see a fan-filmed Silmarillion or Children of Hurin as well... __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan

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