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Lord of the Rings.
When it was released on the mainland, I was young, and some elders in my family saw it and said it could be regarded as a horror movie. I am still not crazy about movies, so I cried and called to see it, so I missed it. For the opportunity to admire Middle-earth and worship Beer Belly Jackson in front of the big screen.
Fortunately, the eldest brother who sold at the door of my house strongly recommended these trilogy to my mother, so I had the chance to see this classic work. (I would like to thank our strong pirated optical disc industry) At that time, my English was just as good as I could understand junior high school textbooks, (because I was a junior high school student...) I just thought this film was great.
Later, I bought the original book to see. I bought both Chinese and English. Of course, I can only read Chinese. In fact, it is very difficult to read English until now. Read the original works, including the trilogy, the prequel "The Hobbit", and "The Silmarillion". I think Tolkien is too great, the linguist is too great, this is a magic novel, this is clearly history, uh, maybe, well, it is epic.
After reading the original book and then looking back at the movie, I don’t know how many times the movie is better than what I had imagined, or even imagined. This is completely different from the feelings towards Harper’s films. As Harper’s book fans, I strongly support Rowling’s insistence that all actors must be British, and I strongly admire the performances of all the old British dramas in Harper’s series. At the same time, it strongly protested that the series of movies basically completely destroyed the original series.
Uh, it's a bit off topic, come back and continue talking about the Lord of the Rings. The trilogy of the Lord of the Rings movie is completely a crystallization of the original work. I believe there are many people like me who are full of praise after watching the movie and then they are interested in watching the original. When they come back to watch the movie, they are even more full of praise.
In fact, the trilogy itself is a complete story, but when it was published, it was an era when Luoyang paper was expensive. The publisher's comprehensive consideration of cost and sales allowed the entire epic to be divided into trilogy and three names. Tolkien himself is very dissatisfied with this matter, especially the name of the trilogy, the reason is also very simple, it is spoiler. However, this did not weaken the charm of Middle-earth itself. It still affected generations of British people, and it also affected Peter Jackson, which made this classic work now.
As the director, Peter Jackson should be quite entangled, shooting a myth that is indelible in his mind, and it is also a recognized epic masterpiece. Every reader is familiar with the entire story, familiar with every detail of every character, and every book fan has a complete map of China and the land in his heart, and may even be a diagram of the source history of each race and a table of language pronunciation laws. The so-called one thousand people have a thousand Hamlet in the eyes. If you want to make the shot and satisfy most people at the same time, so that investors can make money, the most important thing is to restore the Middle-earth in your mind. I am afraid it is very difficult.
But, thank goodness, Peter Jackson basically accomplished this mission satisfactorily. Now I will talk about the movie itself along with my own thoughts.
The story takes place at the end of the Third Age of the Middle-earth Era. The background introduction for the opening of the first film is the memorabilia of the early and mid-term of the Third Age. The narration of Mrs. Guilladrill is used, and the reason is by no means Cate Blanchett’s. The sound is nice and the English accent is pure, but Gala Delil is the only creature (Creatures) who has experienced all of this personally, from the casting of the Lord of the Rings to the end of the Third Age. She is the most suitable creature. The opening five minutes were quite successful. The basic context is a short poem on the title page of the original book. It includes the first appearance of Elvish language, the general situation of Middle-Earth in the Third Age, the origin and several tossings of the Lord of the Rings, as well as the current whereabouts. There are many eye-catching war scenes, and it only took five minutes. So the perfect opening became the first highlight of the movie.
After that, Bilbo, who was introduced by the opening chapter, took over the task of spreading out the background. From the beginning of the book written by Bilbo himself, the entire Shire slowly spread out, peaceful and quiet to the point of no addition. Gandalf came out with fireworks, and from here began to pave the way for Gandalf to possess the ring of fire among the three elven rings, so he could dominate the flames at will. The dialogue between Gandalf and Frodo brings out many plots in the prequel Hobbit, which is Frodo's opening and also heralds Bilbo's exit. After Gandalf met Bilbo, his old friend reminisced about the past, and the plot of the two smoking rings in the prequel was placed in the evening before the birthday party. Meli and Pippin appeared at the birthday party with distinctive characters. Two naughty boys who did bad things, Meli made an idea to cover, and Pippin acted awkwardly. During this period—until Bilbo wore the ring and disappeared in his speech—the Lord of the Rings did not actually appear, but it was always in our sight: from what Bilbo was looking for crazy at the beginning, to the old friend’s reminiscence. At the time, Bilbo stretched his hand into his pocket uneasily, so we knew that the Lord of the Rings was there.
Later, when Gandalf persuaded Bilbo to leave the ring, we first saw its ability to seduce the soul, so amiable, open and close anytime, anywhere, or jokingly out of season Bilbo unexpectedly appeared so hideous for a moment for a ring. .
Then, as Gandalf found out the source of the ring, the fallen human monarchs mentioned in the narration earlier, that is, the ring spirits, appeared in the Shire. This makes the dim shot of the previous one, and the original scene reappeared afterwards, the words Charles and Baggins in the many screams, become meaningful. Frodo asked the first rather helpless question, what should I do? After that, a passage of Sam exposed his accent, which is different from Gandalf, Bilbo, Frodo, or even Melly and Pippin. Sam uses American accent. The reason is that we already know that Sam’s identity is different from all these people. He is not from a thriving Hobbit family, or from a nobleman. His and Frodo’s master and servant status is so subtle. come out. It is worth noting that the difference in accent is not mentioned in the original work. It seems that the director is well aware of Tolkien's background as a linguist. This subtle difference in accent can be regarded as a tribute to Tolkien himself.
I wrote here just after the original soundtrack of the first part in the turntable was played, I stopped to change the disc, and watched the time and word count by the way. I have to say that if I write it this way, I won’t be able to finish it until I write 10,000 words tomorrow morning. So I'm going to be brief and change the angle below.
Um, the series of plots described above are a little bit okay, and more or less illustrate some of the problems I want to illustrate, that is, the powerful foreshadowing and nuanced details of the movie. Foreshadowing can still be strong even after putting aside the original work, and the details can be detailed to any inconspicuous corner of the original work, inadvertently a word phrase, or even between the lines. Before and after this, the first appearance of each character, his hair and clothing accessories, the accent of his speech, the appearance of each new scene, the appearance of each new thing, the name, and even the pronunciation of the name are all foreshadowing. , Are all background explanations.
There is no exaggeration in this statement. For example, when the Third Demon Army attacked the city of Minastiris in Gondo, the gate was too strong to be knocked open. The Oaks brought out a huge fire-breathing monster-like hammer to hit it. Door, its name is gron (the spelling is probably like this), but R is not pronounced according to the English pronunciation of [r], but according to the Spanish language, it is similar to [h], don’t underestimate this sound, The difference in this sound makes the former feel flat while the latter is tall. Grond is the hammer of Morgauss that fell in the First Age. Obviously it should be tall and not flat.
Let’s look at a simple example. It’s basically the scene at the end of the entire trilogy, when everyone related to the ring of the Third Age got on the ship and left Middle-earth. Have you noticed that, Gandalf, Gaillard? Lil and Elrond each carried three rings in their hands, which were forged at the beginning of the Third Age and given to the three elven kings.
It can be seen that the entire trilogy, especially the first half of the first part-because of the concentrated emergence of the characters and scenes-contains a huge amount of information that you can hardly imagine.
After watching the plot, let's take a look at the characters. Regarding the comments of Lord of the Rings, everyone's unified calibre is that small people can also make history. Yes, the Lord of the Rings is a story of a little man making history. But what I want to say is that after the creation of history, or in this process, the little people are always little people, and the little people themselves have not become great because of the creation of history. This is the essence. Small people can, willingly or unwillingly, create history, but can avoid being changed by history to a certain extent.
Frodo has always been a hobbit who inherited the adventurous lineage of the Baggins family. He is kind and tough, loves peace, and is compassionate. He may be more adventurous than other hobbits, read more and think more quickly, but he is always a hobbit. Sam has always been Frodo's loyal friend and servant, the same kindness and tenacity, and his loyalty to Frodo can surpass everything.
Hobbits are not more capable of resisting the temptation of the Lord of the Rings than other races. Think of Bilbo's hideous face, when Sam hesitantly retracted the hand of Frodo that returned the Lord of the Rings, when Fro Repeatedly emphasized that he was the bearer of the ring, especially at the last moment, Frodo refused to destroy the ring, saying "No, the ring is mine.".
The reason why the hobbit can wear the ring relatively peacefully is that the hobbit is too kind, too small, too humble, and too unsightly. It’s not just kindness, kindness is common to all races, maybe even elves, but elves have the power of elves, which is a bequest of gods. It is precisely because they have the ability and know the benefits of their own abilities that they can easily be more powerful. The temptation is like the ambition of Lady Galadriel when facing the Lord of the Rings, and the fallen elves have become Ochs. The hobbit who fell into the temptation of the Lord of the Rings had no universal influence, but Smigo had become a Gollum, dedicated to guarding his treasure, and never had any other thoughts.
Frodo is such a small person. Before he got the Lord of the Rings, he didn't know which one he liked more about the Shire or the adventure. After encountering the Lord of the Rings, he followed Gandalf's instructions and brought it to Rivendell. He was kind when everyone was arguing. When he couldn't bear to watch the Lord of the Rings destroy the entire Middle-earth like this, he proposed to destroy it. As soon as he hit the road, he realized that he still liked the Shire and liked to be more quiet. Along the way, he first left the team to avoid other people being tempted again. Later, he caught Gurum who was trying to kill them and forgave him, so that Smigo had a good reason to drive Gollum away. In order to save Smigo, he was misunderstood by Smigo and Gollum, and Gurumu returned. Smigo, wrongly believed in Grum, and blamed Sam, tried to take the Lord of the Rings as his own in the Doomsday Crater, and finally returned home safely and wrote his own story. The downright little person has not changed anything about the little person because of this journey. It is still a kind, small, humble and typical Hobbit of the Baggins family who likes to live quietly and peacefully. The tragic little man has always hoped that the Lord of the Rings never appeared in his life, but it was purely because of the Lord of the Rings, purely out of kindness, perhaps a little sense of justice and mission, and with the tragic and solemnity of no return journey, he stood firmly with His own hope was completely opposed to that side, and he rushed to the doomsday volcano with a dangerous Lord of the Rings, and pounced on the legend, no matter the mission is completed or not, it will come powerfully, a grand death.
Speaking of the tragic little person, Gurum is the recognized candidate, and Smigo is the big tragic little person. The peaceful and peaceful life was completely overturned by the accidental and inevitable Lord of the Rings. He killed his best friend with his own hands and was rejected by his relatives. Under the influence of the Lord of the Rings, he had to go to the deepest corner of the mountain, forget the sun, forget the bread, and forget. The softness of the grass, the taste of the food, and even oneself have been forgotten. The whole life (note that it is more than five hundred years of life, which is five times the life span of a hobbit) is imprisoned by the Lord of the Rings. Protect the Lord of the Rings at any cost. Except for his precious ring, he gave up everything, for his precious ring, he forgot everything. His life is so tragic that he can finally melt with the Lord of the Rings in the lava of the Doomsday Volcano, which can be considered a kind of luck. His life is also a typical life of a small person, with the joys and sorrows of a small person—such as Smigo’s grief and anger when Frodo was betrayed, Grum’s cold words, and the joy of life of a small person—of course with himself It’s like humming happily when catching fresh fish. Maybe it’s the old folk song of the Hobbit by the river five hundred years ago. He is also a little man who changed history, yes. If it is said that the Doomsday Volcano cannot be walked without Sam Frodo, then it is obvious that without the Lord of Grumm, it is impossible to be destroyed at all.
The same tragic little person, but the fate is so different. One returned home and went west by boat, while the other fell into the abyss and lost his woes. It's just because Frodo's luck is that the Lord of the Rings is a gift he accepted, not a trophy he cruelly snatched. If not, Frodo will also be a Grumm.
In contrast to the Hobbits, who have nothing to do with the world but are smashed by fate, the wizards appear in Middle-earth with a mission. There are four wizards in the film, yes four, although only three names are mentioned, the white robe Saruman, the gray robe Gandalf, and the three-inch tongue Grima. The fourth one is very low-key. It has long been seen that Saruman is wrong, the one who is good at flying, the one I can't name myself without turning over the original, from the top of Othank Castle. Upper Saruman rescued Gandalf, and sent Gandalf, who had died and resurrected after fighting with the Balrog, back to the Forest of Lorraine. In the end, the demon capital came out to fight the descendant of Isildor, Aragorn (Sorron called It was the Elvish name of Aragon) when the eagle was sent to help, and he was the one who rescued Frodo and Sam from the erupting volcano.
The four wizards actually have their own missions. According to my understanding, they are: the white robe saves the world, the gray robe provides information for the white robe, and the black robe controls a prosperous race in the next era. In the kingdom of the grown-ups, the rest is low-key to basically indifferent self-exploration of nature and occasionally come out to save a field when everyone is busy.
(Grima is not a wizard, the original wizard is five, black, gray, brown and blue. Please forgive the ignorance of the year. Reread on April 5, 2014, note.)
Of course, this was only God’s initial arrangement, and things developed like this later. Saruman became Sauron's accomplice, and Gandalf repelled the flame demon. When he saw God, the emperor was missing a white-robed wizard who had been sent to Middle-Earth, so Gandalf the white-robed appeared. The foreshadowing of the movie at this stage was laid through makeup and clothing. Gandalf appeared as a kind and humorous old grandfather with gray hair and wisdom. He looked comfortable with a gray robe and a gray hat. After changing into a white robe, he looked much younger, and his white robe and white hair were clean and warm. Saruman was different. He was thin and tall, shrugged slightly without hunchback, had a bitter melon face, and his eyebrows were so heavy that they were wrinkled when they were not wrinkled. The white hair was elegant, but the white was filled with dirty colors. The white robe was dark in color, as if it hadn't been washed after wearing it, and the light inside the Othank Tower was also dim. The contrast of colors suggests that Saruman is not a good person, and Gandalf has always been a good person. The later development of the plot naturally confirmed this point, making everyone feel that this was the result of course.
Of course, maybe all this was arranged by the emperor from the beginning. When he arranged for Gandalf to travel around, he got the ring of fire among the three lord of the elves, and arranged for Saruman to stay in the Osanc Tower all the time to read ancient times. In order to cultivate fear in the books and the rocks that connect to the middle-earth, at best, it means wandering in the Fan Gang forest, thinking about how to cut trees and burn firewood to develop industry.
Well, it's almost five thousand words written here, and I'm about to go out to class. This film review writes that it has been a week now, and there are many other things intervening in the intervening to restart and continue. Even now I still feel that there is still a lot to write about the Lord of the Rings. It seems that I still need to refine the language.
Yeah, so be it.
Written at noon on Christmas Day 2010
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