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The Bromance thing came from some slightly warped minds piecing film clips together in such a way that exaggerates the relationship between the two hobbits, sometimes in ways that are borderline perverted. Then, uploading these clips for the world to see. I admit it makes for a good laugh. Still, I worry that people who have never read the books or through the 10 plus hours of video will form a misguided opinion about the nature of this classical tale. I guarantee that in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien never Read the rest of this entry »

He should have at least been nominated. His role was very complex. Just because his actual face wasn’t shown onscreen for any but the last movie, and that was just for a few minutes, his physical movements and facial expressions were used to enhance the character Gollum.
For every scene that Gollum was in Andy Serkis had to act it out. He had to do all the physical contortions and gyrations so the computer could capture every nuance of his performance. Not Read the rest of this entry »

Legolas and Gimli, contemptuous of each other initially the pair grow to be incredibly close friends throughout the course of the story. So close that it is easy to see similarities between the arc of their relationship in the Lord of the Rings and modern day “bromances”.
From entirely different cultures, their values and attitudes incredibly abrasive to each other, the pair is forced together with the weight of the free world on their backs. The movies frequently Read the rest of this entry »

One of the biggest complaints that movie goers often have is that the characters or plots of movies often stray greatly from the books off of which the films are based, most notably with female characters. “Foxfire,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “The Twilight Saga,” and “A Walk to Remember” are all novels where the lead female characters differ greatly from their literature based counterparts.

In the film, “A Walk to Remember,” Mandy Moore portrays Jamie Sullivan, a southern preacher’s daughter with Read the rest of this entry »