Lord of the Rings Character Study: Boromir

One of my pet peeves when it comes to movies and other videos/audio about Tolkien is that so many people don't seem to know how to pronounce things properly, despite the fact that Tolkien provided a p...

21 Mai 202114min

Did you know the Hobbit you read isn't the Hobbit Tolkien originally wrote? It's also not the one Bilbo originally wrote...

21 Mai 202116min

In my previous video about Tolkien's lecture/essay, "On Fairy Stories" (here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMG5HhKK50), I focused on the theme of sub-creation. Here, I want to discuss another con...

21 Mai 202121min

"On Fairy Stories" is a lecture delivered by Tolkien in which he goes over some of his thoughts on the fantasy genre, its purposes, proper audience, and value as an art form. It's full of gems, so I ...

21 Mai 202123min

I'm a purist, but I love the Lord of the Rings movies even though they have tons of flaws. How do I manage it? This is how I approach a viewing of Peter Jackson's trilogy.

21 Mai 202120min

As I mentioned in my previous video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMN60djLaek), as a purist I find a lot of things about Peter Jackson's movie adaptation that I find...lacking. This list is about ...

21 Mai 202120min

Two weeks ago I talked about the really good stuff in Peter Jackson's movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxGQ0tsWII Last week I talked about the scenes that could have been much better with j...

21 Mai 202126min

Last week (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxGQ0tsWII) I discussed what I think are the best scenes in Peter Jackson's movie trilogy. In this video, I want to discuss the scenes that were pretty goo...

21 Mai 202136min