Syl wrote:I do get that in every Tolkien adaptation there will be a female part expanded or inserted, as he is mostly writing about dudes (with a few exeptions here and there), but seriosly, who is that elven chick?
Given the time in which the books were written, I've always felt that the low quantity of female characters in Tolkien's work is actually a good thing in terms of feminism. All of his female characters are strong and unique; focusing on what a single female could do was far more meaningful and interesting than having a ton of women in the book/film simply to have them there. Quality over quantity brings the characters' allegorical and poetic importance to the forefront.
Consider Eowyn's story: she is a symbol of feminine strength. In the Middle Earth mythology, that is her role--the idealized feminine realized through struggle. Her entire story revolves around being doubted as a woman and then proving that women can be just as strong, or stronger/more influential, than men. If every woman character did that, it wouldn't matter as much.
And I know Tolkien said he hated allegory. We all know that's bullshit.
Jackson's approach seems to be the opposite: rather than trying to underline a woman's story line in order to outline the genders' strengths, he's poising a preemptive strike by simply throwing in a female character with a lot of screen time but without much depth. It's like he's saying, "See? She has tons of screen time! Don't get mad at me about there being so many dudes!" As if he would be the one to blame in the first place.
Again, quality over quantity--except Jackson picked the wrong one.
Syl wrote:Btw I still dont get why they go for the hobbit and not for the story of Hurin´s Sons or the story of Luthien and Beren, if they want to go all lenghty and epic on it. Those are material for the format they want.
The Tolkien estate won't give them the rights and they never will.
auralstimulation wrote:What I missed from the Hobbit was the colour grading they did back in LOTR. There was a desaturated, subtle blue-y green tint to the world and they weren't afraid to get grainy. That made the whole thing feel so much more like an old story. Couple that with models and prosthetics and PJ's never ending mantra of "it has to feel like it's real" and you end up with a world you feel you could walk right into.
Ah, never mind--looks like we agree after all.
Duuude, remember when Faramir is taking Frodo/Sam/Gollum to Osgiliath? It's basically black and white with a bit of green. Such amazing color grading.
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