I just watched another 12 minutes and it was nearly inextinguishable from the previous 10. A lot of unlikely action on the battlefield, including people shouting to each
I just watched Legolas go surfing down the stairs on a shield while shooting arrows. I probably would have found this brilliant when I was twelve. I also
Tension is the storyteller’s best friend. It means the audience has become invested in the story’s outcome and what will happen to the characters. Creating that investment is
I’ve figured out the pattern that Peter Jackson is following. He is taking all the heroic characters from Lord of the Rings and altering their personalities in one
What I love most about romantic comedies is the way people fall in love. Sometimes, two people will hate each other the entire movie, but you know they
Was anyone else reminded of the world’s greatest tracker, Prince Humperdinck, as Aragorn magically pieced together the hobbits’ movements on the battlefield? Here’s the problem with this sequence.