CORRECTION: Tolkien never specifies that the Dunlendings were allied with the Corsairs of Umbar. He only states that they were joined by enemies of Gondor and Rohan from the South that landed at the mouths of the rivers Isen and Lefnui. Those allies might have been, or at least included, the Corsairs.
I enjoyed the movie. That you for your review. It wasn't entirely true to the lore, as you stated. They seemed to try to hurridly pick up the pieces, at the end, to fix some of that. I have long desired to see the great Helm in a movie. Despite the modern girl boss themes and the animated format, I found that Helm's legacy was still respectably represented. I also enjoyed the music.
One small point - ruling queens existed in Tolkien's work, Numenor had a few (and even changed their law concerning it to allow Aldarion's daughter Silmarien to rule. Part of Aragorn's claim to the throne of Gondor comes from that changed rule. In the first age there was Haleth who ruled her people when her father and brother died. Hera might have used a similar reasoning if she wanted to lead and it seemed that both Helm (in the end) and Frealaf thought she would make a good ruler. She wasn't interested (which the Professor might have seen as a recommendation, being a bit of an anarchist) so that was not tested. - I guess that had she wanted she would have named Frealaf first marshal to handle the military stuff, taking care of the politics. If she stayed unmarried Frealaf or his son will get the throne anyway in the end - but that's speculation. Generally I think the film changed only a few things stated in the text and mostly added stuff to fill in the blanks. Some of it were silly but I mind additions (and reductions) much less when judging loyalty to the text. As long as the stuff that is taken from the text is done well I can handled some silliness being added and it was a fun movie.
I agree with you, most of the professors work does include ruling kings and their consorting queens but of course that is not to say they did not exist, I know this to be true. I always say that when words go from book onto the screen they are not going to be exactly how they were originally written or portrayed as peoples views are different. But I think that is a good thing personally.
Since it did poorly, I will wait until it streams.
It's available for streaming now, but not yet for free.
CORRECTION: Tolkien never specifies that the Dunlendings were allied with the Corsairs of Umbar. He only states that they were joined by enemies of Gondor and Rohan from the South that landed at the mouths of the rivers Isen and Lefnui. Those allies might have been, or at least included, the Corsairs.
Was it Great? probably not, was it good Yes it was
I enjoyed the movie. That you for your review. It wasn't entirely true to the lore, as you stated. They seemed to try to hurridly pick up the pieces, at the end, to fix some of that. I have long desired to see the great Helm in a movie. Despite the modern girl boss themes and the animated format, I found that Helm's legacy was still respectably represented. I also enjoyed the music.
One small point - ruling queens existed in Tolkien's work, Numenor had a few (and even changed their law concerning it to allow Aldarion's daughter Silmarien to rule. Part of Aragorn's claim to the throne of Gondor comes from that changed rule. In the first age there was Haleth who ruled her people when her father and brother died. Hera might have used a similar reasoning if she wanted to lead and it seemed that both Helm (in the end) and Frealaf thought she would make a good ruler. She wasn't interested (which the Professor might have seen as a recommendation, being a bit of an anarchist) so that was not tested. - I guess that had she wanted she would have named Frealaf first marshal to handle the military stuff, taking care of the politics. If she stayed unmarried Frealaf or his son will get the throne anyway in the end - but that's speculation.
Generally I think the film changed only a few things stated in the text and mostly added stuff to fill in the blanks. Some of it were silly but I mind additions (and reductions) much less when judging loyalty to the text. As long as the stuff that is taken from the text is done well I can handled some silliness being added and it was a fun movie.
I agree with you, most of the professors work does include ruling kings and their consorting queens but of course that is not to say they did not exist, I know this to be true. I always say that when words go from book onto the screen they are not going to be exactly how they were originally written or portrayed as peoples views are different. But I think that is a good thing personally.
Thank you for this commentary. I throughly enjoyed this movie. Just sad that there was only one Shield Maiden.
Thank you. Yeah, it would have been nice to see more shield maidens for sure