Turin’s Weakness Is His Lack of Tolkien’s Greatest Weapon: Friendship

I despise the scene in Peter Jackson’s “Return of the King” (extended edition) where the Witch King shatters Gandalf’s staff, but it can’t be denied that there is at least some textual basis for the i...

15 Dec 20225min

Of all the scenes to be left out of Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy, the Ring’s temptation of Sam on the threshold of Mordor may be one of the most inexcusable, since it highlights both his character an...

12 Dec 202221min

Gandalf famously sends the Balrog to the abyss by destroying the Bridge of Khazad-Dum, but the timing of his action may suggest a deeper motivation than simply defeating his foe…. Other Links: Utreon:...

8 Dec 20224min

My old nemesis CinemaSins is at it again, leveling stupid criticisms against another great Lord of the Rings adaptation. OK, maybe we can quibble about how “great” Bakshi’s film is, but it doesn’t de...

5 Dec 202256min

Gollum has reactions to Elvish things that would put even a picky eater toddler to shame, but why? Other Links: Utreon: https://utreon.com/c/TolkienLorePodcast/ Rumble at https://rumble.com/c/c-355195...

1 Dec 20225min

I’ve reviewed John Boorman’s awful Lord of the Rings script in four parts (see below for links), but there was another awful adaptation that never got past the scripting phase by Morton Grady Zimmerma...

28 Nov 202235min

Saruman is said to have lost most of his powers by the end of The Lord of the Rings, but what powers did he have? How did he lose them? How is that connected to his position in the order of wizards?...

24 Nov 20226min

Some genius writing for CBR.com wrote this article about how The Lord of the Rings has aged poorly, and it might just be one of the worst pieces of criticism I’ve ever seen, starting with the fact tha...

21 Nov 202237min