gay for dwarves

The Lord of the Rings movies did Denethor, Steward of Gondor dirty in their depiction of his competency in rule, eg, in the films he refused to send to Rohan for aid and it was up to Pippin, directed by Gandalf, to light the first of a series of watchfires connecting the countries; whereas in the books, Denethor has already sent a messenger to Theoden by the time Pippin & Gandalf arrive in Minas Tirith, bearing the traditional Red Arrow with which Gondor calls upon its sworn ally Rohan (no watchfires involved, either). However, this change resulted in the “lighting of the beacons” scene in Return of the King (2003) (x), one of the best—most beautiful and inspiring—depictions of pure hope in cinematic or maybe any media history. In this cause and effect, we see at work one of the fundamental underlying diegetically mythological and non-diegetically thematic principles of Tolkien’s world, that the good shall ever result from evil, and the truest good from the darkest evil. In this essay I will

When Philppa Boyens (one of LOTR’s screenwriters) was asked why ROTK had so many endings, she responded with something like “because this story ultimately isn’t about the destruction of the Ring, it’s about the destruction of Frodo” and I think about that a lot

Every time I rewatch The Lord of the Rings I oscillate violently between “it’s important to show men having close, supportive friendships and I’m so glad Peter Jackson chose to show all the male characters being loving and physically affectionate with one another in a healthy, platonic way” and “damn, these bitches gay. good for them, good for them”

He learned his lesson

LotR genuinely had no right being as good as it was, how did filmmaking peak so perfectly in the early 2000s with a crazy mishmash cast and a self-made director who only bought a studio because he took out a loan against his house to buy an abandoned paint factory, how come late 90s cgi-video-game-elves look better than high tech movies now, how come nothing else has consistently incredible acting, soundtrack, set design and effects, writing, emotion, platonic affection and pure romance