When I first saw it, I thought it would be a biographical movie full of fantasy elements. This expectation continued until the end of the movie. In the end, I discovered that all magic and elves have been expressed through words and emotions.
Judging from the movie, Tolkien's life has some twists and turns, but it is definitely not a bumpy one. It can even be said that most of his life has been blessed by fate and he is a happy person.
He lost his mother as a teenager and became orphaned with his younger brother. But the priest who took care of them was very responsible. He helped them find an aristocratic widow (seems to be?) and persuaded the other party to provide a place to live. This is where he will meet his life partner in the future. In school Tolkien met three of his best friends, all of whom had their own talents. The friends had fun together, exchanged writing, poetry and music. In the Oxford entrance examination, Tolkien was delayed in studying because of talking about friends, and the priest beat the mandarin ducks hard, but this was not out of a morbid desire for control, but a compromise made after recognizing the reality (orphans, poor). .
At the university, Tolkien was still very close to his friends. When he majored in Greek literature (Greek?) seemed to be less and less interested and was about to drop out of school, he happened to get an offer from a professor of linguistics in Oxford. appreciation. Encouraged by a good friend, he finally plucked up the courage to switch to the school to pursue the love of language that he had sprouted since he was a child. And the vitality of language comes from history, from the countless joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys experienced by people who use that language, so in the end we saw a magnificent Middle-earth world.
Throughout the process, the seeds of this fantasy were watered and sprouted by his mother, cared for and nourished by his partners and priests, and led by his lover and mentor. It can be said that everyone he met was shaped by him. This beautiful fantasy world.
The whole movie seems to be very plain and seldom turbulent, but this is also the true state of a biographical film-how can life be so turbulent, most of the time it is a small decision at that time, which ultimately affects life. Trajectory.
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