- Paperback: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 0753508745
- ASIN: B000HWYOIA
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,898,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
New light,
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This review is from: The "Lord of the Rings": The Films, the Books, the Radio Series (Virgin Film) (Paperback)
An interesting book that sheds new light on the history of Tolkien's trilogy (and, in addition, The Hobbit) and the ways in which it has been represented on film and radio. The insights are interesting and, at times, provocative. It is not a difficult book to read by any means and gives all sorts of information about who played which character in which film or radio version of which book - did you know that Anthony Daniels, who plays the voice of Legolas in the Bakshi/Zeantz version of LOTR, was C3PO in the six Star Wars films? Or that Galadriel was Annette Crosbie, none other than the long suffering wife of Victor Meldrew in One Foot In The Grave? Fundamentally useless information but interesting to the Tolkien anoraks out there - if you weren't one, why are you reading this review??
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Bored Of The Rings...?,
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This review is from: The "Lord of the Rings": The Films, the Books, the Radio Series (Virgin Film) (Paperback)
If you are bored of the Lord of the Rings, this book, an examination of the difficulties in adapting the trilogy into other media, may strike you as a rather pointless exercise.
If, however, you have even a passing interest in the books or films, this is an engaging and opinionated read which is authoratative without being dry and comprehensive without being overly lengthy. As it is published under the imprint of "Virgin Films" it should be no surprise that the Peter Jackson films take up most of the authors' attention. Dedicated Tolkein fans may be irritated to read the many instances where, in Smith and Matthew' opinion, Jackson has improved on Tolkein's story. To be fair, however, they do admit Jackson does rather bungle the ending of the story, leaving too many characters dangling without their eventual fate being made clear. A more in depth analysis of the similarities between the earlier cartoon version of LOTR and Jackson's efforts would have been welcome but the book is wide ranging, examining the BBC Radio version and the truly awful Leonard Nimoy song, for example. With boxes of text containing extra facts and figures, the book does read a little like an extended magazine article. Also, some illustrations would have been nice, particularly to demonstrate the work of Alan Lee and John Howe. In general, though this is an interesting and enjoyable read.
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