Let's write another article about the characters.
First of all, Edith Bratt played by Lily Collins is quite lovable, agile and lively, because we don't know what Edith's true character is, and Tolkien doesn't seem to have commented on it. . . So the actor's own interpretation is that the director somehow seems to want to create a new female image, making Edith dissatisfied with his situation, tearfully saying that Tolkien can go to Oxford to study, and she can only play the piano with the old lady at home. . . But I seriously doubt that Edith himself has such a pursuit. Edith is still a good wife at home. Her focus is on her children. She does not have any spiritual exchanges with Tolkien on philosophy, art and literature. Tolkien is different from his good friend CS Lewis. Lewis feels that his partner has to find someone spiritually. If you have a common language, you can talk about it together. Tolkien doesn’t think that Edith doesn’t understand Old English and doesn’t understand linguistics. It’s still true love.
Let's talk about Tolkien himself. Tolkien still feels more restrained. He claims to be a big hobbit, likes to eat delicious food, likes rural scenery, likes to sleep late and wake up late, and is sometimes shy. These can be seen in Tolkien's collection of personal letters. Nicholas Hoult’s performance is not bad, not particularly brilliant, and the actor himself is too tall, Tolkien is neither tall nor strong, Tolkien said that he "with little physical courage and too much imagination" (probably this means) is Said that he was weak in writing and weak in strength, but his imagination broke through the sky. But it was true that Tolkien took an active part in sports when he was in school, so he wondered if the professor was a bit self-modest. . .
The image of Tolkien's mother is too weak in the film. Tolkien’s mother had a profound influence on him. His mother gave up Protestantism and converted to Catholicism, and was severed by his family. Tolkien’s father died very early, and his mother could say that he took pains to pull his son up, and at the same time ignored everyone. Oppose to stick to one's faith. The following is Tolkien’s description of his mother:
"My own dear mother was a martyr indeed, and it is not to everybody that God grants so easy a way to his great gifts as he did to Hilary and myself, giving us a mother who killed herself with labor and trouble to ensure us keeping the faith."
In Tolkien's eyes, his mother was a martyr, and she had gone through too much hardship just to be able to stick to her beliefs and to let her children stick to their beliefs. Tolkien is such a devout Catholic and has a lot to do with his mother. But the mother’s presence in the film was too weak, and it became a tool for Tolkien to instill mythological stories. It did not reflect hardship, faith, or love between mother and child. The death scene was also very inexplicable. I watched it. Face dumbfounded.
I also like the other three beautiful teenagers in the TCBS team. The four are fun and lively together. The conversation among the young literary and artistic youths is also very high. The three actors have their own personalities. It’s the scene in which Tolkien couldn’t help playing Christopher. It’s too dramatic. Tolkien has never done it at 99.9%. Inklings group of people, they frequent the Oxford bar The Eagle and Child. I went to the bar when I was in Oxford. Tolkien nicknamed The Eagle and Child bar "Bird and Baby", which is very fun haha. When the four TCBS guys were playing with some girls in the tram, they mentioned that the girls were from The Eagle and Child (it seems like this, I didn’t hear it clearly at the time)
Finally, I want to say that Tolkien was lying on the ground wrapped in a dirty blanket on the battlefield. It was like Frodo's immediate vision in Mordor. The soldier who took care of him at the end was named Sam. It was really a director giving eggs.
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