I agree completely with your review. I saw the movie last friday in my country. The movie is EXCELLENT. I went to the theater with no expectations because I didn't know what to expect from an animated film (besides Bakshi's work from 1978) and... at one point of the movie I forgot I was watching an anime. You can tell how much love and work was put into this, and the participation of the original LOTR team (Phillipa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Miranda Otto) is EVIDENT in the quality of the result. Also, great casting (Brian Cox is a perfect Helm). And the music is AMAZING, which is something that really worried me because of what an important part it has in experiencing the movies. Can't wait to see it again ❤ .
Kenji Kamiyama worked with what’s given to him for this movie so shills blaming the anime medium for the movie’s lackluster performance is not warranted. He did as a director to bring the story to life. If I’m not mistaken and this is just my observation, the English trailer’s focus on Hera did not help remove the disgust for girlbosses. The Japanese trailer is different, it showed Hera, Helm and other stuff, it never focused solely on Hera. Anyways, I will reserve my judgement when I get to watch it. I have my reservations but I’ll still give it the benefit of the doubt.
Yes you're right, the Japanese trailer was much better and imo, truer to how the film turned out! I agree that I am saddened by the amount of people that said that they have 0 interest in this just because it is an anime (even though it isn't my favourite).
The marketing for this movie has been dreadful. I'm the only member of my family or friend group that knew this movie existed until I told them A FEW WEEKS AGO! Someone in marketing needs to get fired
@@mellonheads I would’ve preferred it to be live action but I have a soft spot for the Rankin/Bass Hobbit and Bakshi LotR so I will enjoy some light rewatches. I’m not complaining that it got a theatrical run but I think it would have served them better to do something like you said with a streaming anthology of animated snippets from various corners of Tolkien.
Yes I know, unfortunately they only have rights to Lord of the Rings movies and not television shows :/ but yes I would have adored this movie if it were live action
Was so shocked to just see one Mellon Head in this video! 😯 Thanks for the great review, I am, as you said "looking forward to being back in Middle-Earth"!! Also, didn't realise that Christopher Lee's Saruman is going to be in this!! That is so so sweet 😍 is it AI or mixing up lines from LOTR?
Yes it felt weird doing this one alone but alas! Johnny shall return for the next one 😎 So they are taking unused footage from the hobbit movie for Christopher Lee and using that for this film
I think that’s a good take that they should have done an animated anthology series that included this story that was 45-60 minutes. I don’t think they can because of the rights, correct me if wrong but pretty sure they only have rights to movies not TV. Think there are many stories they could depict this way where they didn’t feel forced to make a movie. I’m still excited and I like anime, think it looks great, but as you say, can already tell too long and a lot of unnecessary scenes but looking forward to being back in Peter Jackson’s ME universe
Yea I guess it was all hypothetical as Amazon own the TV rights unfortunately. But yes, let me know what you think of the film overall when you have a chance to go see it!
Thanks for your comment! Yes I totally understand that opinion, for anything else I would be the same but for me, I just want anything LOTR or Middle-Earth haha I do hope that the next few projects are live-action however
Wow, I'm surprised by this review and I'm actually feeling a lot more excited now having watched!! I was pretty sure it was gonna go hard on the character of Hera and sideline Helm completely, but very happy to hear that's not the case! Also I'm a huge anime fan so I actually can't wait for that element of it!!! Got tickets booked for this Friday!!!! 🙌🙌
When you say that a Middle-earth story has never been told in an anime style before, you are...mostly...correct, but not entirely. The Rankin/Bass television adaptations of The Hobbit and The Return of the King were animated by the Japanese studio Top Craft in a sort of pseudo-anime style. If Helm's daughter wasn't made the viewpoint character, how would you have handled it? No one else can be present for all of the key events of the film without making significant changes. The other option is to have multiple points of view. I do wonder about the logistics of the Dunlendings' Southron allies transporting Mumakil to Rohan. It can't be easy to load an Oliphaunt onto a ship.
Yes I'm well aware! I meant that it has never been done in the medium of (typical) anime style because I certainly wouldn't class those movies as that. Tbh I hadn't thought about how I would have handled the story otherwise because the obvious answer to most people was "in the perspective of Helm" but I think this way gives more credence to the horror and terror of what happened later in Helms life. The story doesn't necessarily have to be from anyone's perspective though so I still would have had Helm as the central character. Did you assume they came by ship? I assumed they travelled up through mordor and along the edges of Gondor but perhaps you're right. Weta Workshop confirmed that these aren't the same Mumakil species that we see in ROTK however, but that they are a pseudo species that is much smaller so perhaps they could have sailed over?
@@mellonheads Easterlings were already harassing Rohan on its eastern borders, that's what gave the Dunlendings their opportunity to start an uprising. But the Dunlendings were actually allied with enemies from the South that landed at the mouths of the Isen and Lefnui rivers. So, yes, the Southron allies arrived by ship. The problem with Helm is that he cannot remain the central character throughout the entire film (for obvious reasons). The same can be said for his sons and his nephew Frealaf.
@@mellonheads I see what you're going for, but I don't think those examples work as well as you think they do. Helm dies well before the end of the story. At best, you can pick up from there with Frealaf, but that still leaves a gap.
You're definitely giving me more positive vibes than I expected but I'm still cautious about the whole made up character being the protagonist in this story but I hope the movie is good!
I'm glad you're feeling positive about it! Yes the decision has always made us scratch our heads with Hera but I think it worked out fairly ok for the movie!
I don’t mind made up roles for characters so long as it’s done well and not shit. People need to relax. I’m already know the movie will be kinda ass in terms accuracy to lore. But I sense it will still be a good movie in its own right. I feel it in my bones.
@@jesserochon3103 I hope it's not gonna be ass lorewise and that was kinda the feeling I got from this review but I know that this studio hasn't the best success rate with new characters... Tauriel 😭😭
@@mellonheads Ok well I just want an ACTUAL strong hero in Hera. Show don't tell. Unlike the Mary Sue of Star Wars Rey, who for, plot reasons just ended up becoming the most powerful jedi in the Galaxy :/
I've been an anime fan all my life ( as well as a Tolkien one) and I must say I'm not convinced by the trailer and the design oh the female protagonist with her classic anime triangular face( the animation doesn't look that good either compared to some actual productions for TV). So I'm waiting for the story to make up for it.
I have to say, I am not an anime fan and the animation was my main issue but I do feel that the story, production and music is enough for me to still enjoy it all!
@@jesserochon3103 True it doesn't mean its bad at all! That's why I tried to lean away from saying the animation is bad and more towards "I am not a fan of anime but others in my screening loved it"
I agree it is really strange that Tolkien didin't even mention about Hera and yet according to Helm she should rule over the world. is their fastest rider and kills wulf while still wearing her dress. Can speak to eagles. And just so happens to find a long lost tribe of female warriors. It sure is wierd how Tolkien didin't mention about any of those things. what a whacky world we live in!
@@juusovuolle8251 Dude, the the hell are you commenting spoilers under this non-spoiler review? You know the movie isn't even out yet and now I know what happens at the end 😡😡
Only a guy would say a female character is unnecessary or should be a secondary character. 😄There are also female Tolkien fans, you know. Surely that's more Tolkienesque to expand characters and stories left outlined than to distort characters and established lore (Yeah, I mean Rings of Power). Professor Tolkien said so himself in one of his letters. Animation, live action, I just want to see different artistic styles. I'm hopeful about this one, just because of the people involved.
You've got it all wrong! It's nothing to do with gender. If the story had an unnamed nephew of Helm and the film had him as the central character, it would be the same issue. Yes there are plenty of brilliant female characters in Tolkiens works and I'd prefer them to be the heroines of their own stories but a lot of fans didn't want Helm's story to focus on anyone other than him. Now luckily, as per my review, I suggest that they actually spun it in a nice way and made Hera the audience perspective and I think it worked to some degree but you can't ignore the fact that the main character isn't even named in the book. Imagine if the Hobbit's main character was an unnamed Hobbit that was friends with Bilbo?
@@mellonheads True, I haven't seen the movie yet but, since the proposal of marriage to Helm's daughter is the start of it all it seems a wasted opportunity not to show her point of view (much like Helen is blamed for the war in Troy and nobody cares about what she thinks). In these stories women are used as mere plot points in men's wars and I'm sure I'm not the only one annoyed by that. I'm not making it about genre, but the fact the story ignores her. It's not the case of some random Bilbo's friend point of view, it's the case of here we have a woman who is the catalyst for Helm's story and yet she's nameless and dismissed as an insignificant incident because, of course, story is written by men, even in Rohan. What do you think Eowyn would say about that? What better female co-protagonist than one from a culture that allows shield maidens in the battlefield? I truly believe that it is these kind of characters, obscure and living in the fringe of the great stories, (and not just female characters) are the ones Tolkien gave "permission" to expande by other artists and that is what I'm curious to see.
@@rosedust-e1o Well your issue lies with Tolkien if you didn't like the way he writes Helms story. I think you're right in one sense that it is a great character to expand upon in her own movie but maybe not in Helm's movie. This is supposed to be an adaptation, not a new story so that's where the controversy lies but like I said, I think the movie is long enough and good enough to have both respected Helm's lore and give chase to the pursuit of expanding a new characters story.
I doubt this movie will be of any quality simply because the compositing of it is already baffling bad in the trailer. There are some of odd design choices mixing PJ's style with modern day gacha-fantasy style.
She is entirely made up. Even if all we had was a name, then her character would still be made up. We didn't even get a name in the book, just the fact that the king had a daughter, that's all
And they couldn't have chosen a Rohan female name. Hera is a Greek name, specifically a Goddess. I have been a fan of Tolkien's writings for nearly 40 years now. Refuse to watch that awful dross from Amazon and won't be wasting any money to watch this. This story is 2 pages long and it's a story that could have been adapted if they were going for a series of shorts. I am not even excited to hear Peter is doing more movies. The hunt for gollum is already done quite well as a fan film.
@@HappyMetalGeek Tbh, I'd recommend at least watching it so you can fully form your opinion on whether it is slightly or much much better than Rings of Power. However the creators did talk of Hera's name being the Greek Goddess and pays homage to her but also the main actor from Mortal Engines. I do think it sounds quite rohirric with Helm, Hama, Haleth and Hera. Think it flows well tbh. Anyways, cheers for the comment bro!
@mellonheads I enjoyed your balanced take on the movie. I do get the alliteration Helm -> Hera as that is the tradition of children's names sounding like their parents. Though she would have a name more like her mother's (who is also unnamed) if they were going for female names, perhaps Heorid, Hagyth, Heorwyn Hawyn, or some such. I get it - nit picky, etc, but having grown up on mythology in books and tv, especially Greek and roman, Hera is firmly not a Rohirrim name and foreign to it. To me, that is lazy writing as it links in to pop culture rather than the built world of middle earth. Even worse when they try and big up their production by attaching it to the writings of a man who was as much as possible precise in his own texts. Yes, I'm a purist, but it is what it is. Also, the plethora of lazy cash grab movies and tv series over the past few years just put me off. I'm glad you enjoyed the movie as much as you did with your own caveats, but money and time are what they ask of me, and I am not enthused in the slightest to give it. If it comes onto netflix, perhaps.
It isn't crazy to say this movie is woke. It absolutely is. None of Tolkien's philosophies or moral beliefs are represented in this movie. His themes are always inspired by Christian ideas and Christian morals. The idea of houses coming together and marriage and family being the force that stands against evil. And friendships between unlikely allies, and the like. None of these principles are understood or represented in the movie. It has a strong message of feminism, and aversion to marriage and family. Basically the opposite of the philosophy of the author.
@@wesleycanner8001 it seems like you're trying to find something to complain about. What do you mean it has an aversion to family? The whole story shows Helm going crazy due to the deaths of his sons, the second of whom he begged to swap places with and sacrifice himself to save his son. He later does sacrifice himself to save his daughter and it's all in the name of family. As a Christian I would be happy to show this film to my children so I don't know why you're taking that stance.
I wouldn't be so dramatic. It's not a masterpiece but it's an enjoyable movie and it was a delight to be able to see a Tolkien adaptation play out on the big screen
Having a strong female lead isn't intrinsically bad, but this movie doesn't exist in a vacuum. For the past 6 years or more, Hollywood has been pushing this trope, sometimes successfully and others not so much. Specifically when it comes to Lord Of The Rings, and after The Rings Of Power, a lot fans wish for a movie where the world of Tolkien doesn't unnecessarily include a piece that reminds them of the current ideological agenda of some feminist. It feels as if most corporations are socially progressive often when it's on a well recognized IP, but rarely so when it's time to bet for your values on a new original product. Almost as if it was primarily money, and not principles that drive their decision making...
Brillant Review! I hadn’t heard much about this movie but I’m really liking what I’m hearing! 😍👀
Thank you , I hope you enjoy the film 👏🏼
I agree completely with your review. I saw the movie last friday in my country. The movie is EXCELLENT. I went to the theater with no expectations because I didn't know what to expect from an animated film (besides Bakshi's work from 1978) and... at one point of the movie I forgot I was watching an anime. You can tell how much love and work was put into this, and the participation of the original LOTR team (Phillipa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Miranda Otto) is EVIDENT in the quality of the result.
Also, great casting (Brian Cox is a perfect Helm). And the music is AMAZING, which is something that really worried me because of what an important part it has in experiencing the movies.
Can't wait to see it again ❤ .
Delighted to hear! Yes you can feel the enthusiasm that went into this and I'm also looking forward to my next rewatch this Friday! 😁
Kenji Kamiyama worked with what’s given to him for this movie so shills blaming the anime medium for the movie’s lackluster performance is not warranted. He did as a director to bring the story to life. If I’m not mistaken and this is just my observation, the English trailer’s focus on Hera did not help remove the disgust for girlbosses. The Japanese trailer is different, it showed Hera, Helm and other stuff, it never focused solely on Hera.
Anyways, I will reserve my judgement when I get to watch it. I have my reservations but I’ll still give it the benefit of the doubt.
Yes you're right, the Japanese trailer was much better and imo, truer to how the film turned out! I agree that I am saddened by the amount of people that said that they have 0 interest in this just because it is an anime (even though it isn't my favourite).
The marketing for this movie has been dreadful. I'm the only member of my family or friend group that knew this movie existed until I told them A FEW WEEKS AGO!
Someone in marketing needs to get fired
@@Arander92 Yeah, Marketing can make or break a movie.
@@Arander92 Agreed. It has been poor but I feel like I've never really ever seen any marketing for any anime films, none that I can think of anyways
@@mellonheadsI agree I think the marketing was so disappointing
I love anime, Tolkien, and Peter Jackson. The animation ranged from not amazing to really gorgeous.
Well this was the absolute perfect movie for you then! Glad you got this film 😁
@@mellonheads I would’ve preferred it to be live action but I have a soft spot for the Rankin/Bass Hobbit and Bakshi LotR so I will enjoy some light rewatches. I’m not complaining that it got a theatrical run but I think it would have served them better to do something like you said with a streaming anthology of animated snippets from various corners of Tolkien.
Yes I know, unfortunately they only have rights to Lord of the Rings movies and not television shows :/ but yes I would have adored this movie if it were live action
What a balanced and thoughtful review. Thank you!!!
What a kind and thoughtful comment. You are welcome back any time my friend 🙌
Thanks mate i`m seeing it here in Australia on Friday
Exciting! Hope you enjoy it, be sure to share your thoughts!
It's the most decent Tolkien adaptation since LOTR's trilogy
I'm guessing you've seen it? :) I'm excited to see people's reaction to it once it hits theatres 😁
Yes, in my country it was released last week @@mellonheads
@@ivacho9428 Ah great to hear! Glad you enjoyed it
Please be good of God please be good. If I walk out of another theatre disappointed…
@@jesserochon3103I think it will, I'm liking the opinion from review
Was so shocked to just see one Mellon Head in this video! 😯 Thanks for the great review, I am, as you said "looking forward to being back in Middle-Earth"!! Also, didn't realise that Christopher Lee's Saruman is going to be in this!! That is so so sweet 😍 is it AI or mixing up lines from LOTR?
Yes it felt weird doing this one alone but alas! Johnny shall return for the next one 😎 So they are taking unused footage from the hobbit movie for Christopher Lee and using that for this film
@mellonheads wow that is awesome! Really excited to see it now 😍👀
It's an actual outtake from a previous production. They got the rights from his widow. Completely respectful of Mr. Lee's legacy.
@@mitopeja8853 Yes I believe it was taken from his return to the Hobbit film
I think that’s a good take that they should have done an animated anthology series that included this story that was 45-60 minutes. I don’t think they can because of the rights, correct me if wrong but pretty sure they only have rights to movies not TV. Think there are many stories they could depict this way where they didn’t feel forced to make a movie. I’m still excited and I like anime, think it looks great, but as you say, can already tell too long and a lot of unnecessary scenes but looking forward to being back in Peter Jackson’s ME universe
Yea I guess it was all hypothetical as Amazon own the TV rights unfortunately. But yes, let me know what you think of the film overall when you have a chance to go see it!
Thanks for sharing ❤ not much into anime but interesting to hear your perspectives
Thanks for your comment! Yes I totally understand that opinion, for anything else I would be the same but for me, I just want anything LOTR or Middle-Earth haha I do hope that the next few projects are live-action however
Wow, I'm surprised by this review and I'm actually feeling a lot more excited now having watched!! I was pretty sure it was gonna go hard on the character of Hera and sideline Helm completely, but very happy to hear that's not the case!
Also I'm a huge anime fan so I actually can't wait for that element of it!!! Got tickets booked for this Friday!!!! 🙌🙌
Delighted to hear! I hope you enjoy the movie and thanks for the lovely comment! 😁
When you say that a Middle-earth story has never been told in an anime style before, you are...mostly...correct, but not entirely. The Rankin/Bass television adaptations of The Hobbit and The Return of the King were animated by the Japanese studio Top Craft in a sort of pseudo-anime style.
If Helm's daughter wasn't made the viewpoint character, how would you have handled it? No one else can be present for all of the key events of the film without making significant changes. The other option is to have multiple points of view.
I do wonder about the logistics of the Dunlendings' Southron allies transporting Mumakil to Rohan. It can't be easy to load an Oliphaunt onto a ship.
Yes I'm well aware! I meant that it has never been done in the medium of (typical) anime style because I certainly wouldn't class those movies as that.
Tbh I hadn't thought about how I would have handled the story otherwise because the obvious answer to most people was "in the perspective of Helm" but I think this way gives more credence to the horror and terror of what happened later in Helms life. The story doesn't necessarily have to be from anyone's perspective though so I still would have had Helm as the central character.
Did you assume they came by ship? I assumed they travelled up through mordor and along the edges of Gondor but perhaps you're right. Weta Workshop confirmed that these aren't the same Mumakil species that we see in ROTK however, but that they are a pseudo species that is much smaller so perhaps they could have sailed over?
@@mellonheads Easterlings were already harassing Rohan on its eastern borders, that's what gave the Dunlendings their opportunity to start an uprising. But the Dunlendings were actually allied with enemies from the South that landed at the mouths of the Isen and Lefnui rivers. So, yes, the Southron allies arrived by ship.
The problem with Helm is that he cannot remain the central character throughout the entire film (for obvious reasons). The same can be said for his sons and his nephew Frealaf.
@@otaku-sempai2197 Yes I know what you mean regarding Helm but look at movies like Gladiator or Titanic, it can be done!
@@mellonheads I see what you're going for, but I don't think those examples work as well as you think they do. Helm dies well before the end of the story. At best, you can pick up from there with Frealaf, but that still leaves a gap.
@@otaku-sempai2197Frealaf is also holed up in Dunharrow so he wouldn't make a great central viewpoint
I'm not an anime fan but im excited to go back to Middle Earth regardless. Your review has me looking forward to rhe 13th!!
That's exactly how I felt going into this too and I'm glad that the wheels are in motion for more Middle-Earth movies! 😁
You're definitely giving me more positive vibes than I expected but I'm still cautious about the whole made up character being the protagonist in this story but I hope the movie is good!
I'm glad you're feeling positive about it! Yes the decision has always made us scratch our heads with Hera but I think it worked out fairly ok for the movie!
I don’t mind made up roles for characters so long as it’s done well and not shit. People need to relax. I’m already know the movie will be kinda ass in terms accuracy to lore. But I sense it will still be a good movie in its own right. I feel it in my bones.
@@jesserochon3103 I hope it's not gonna be ass lorewise and that was kinda the feeling I got from this review but I know that this studio hasn't the best success rate with new characters... Tauriel 😭😭
@@mellonheads Ok well I just want an ACTUAL strong hero in Hera. Show don't tell. Unlike the Mary Sue of Star Wars Rey, who for, plot reasons just ended up becoming the most powerful jedi in the Galaxy :/
Its not made up. Helm had a daughter in the book.
I've been an anime fan all my life ( as well as a Tolkien one) and I must say I'm not convinced by the trailer and the design oh the female protagonist with her classic anime triangular face( the animation doesn't look that good either compared to some actual productions for TV). So I'm waiting for the story to make up for it.
I have to say, I am not an anime fan and the animation was my main issue but I do feel that the story, production and music is enough for me to still enjoy it all!
Why do people not like Japanese animation? It’s different sure. But different doesn’t mean it’s bad.
@@jesserochon3103 True it doesn't mean its bad at all! That's why I tried to lean away from saying the animation is bad and more towards "I am not a fan of anime but others in my screening loved it"
I think some parts of the trailers animation looks incredible... But other parts... The water monster thing looked awful
@@mellonheads I hope it will be the same for me . I'll find it soon
I agree it is really strange that Tolkien didin't even mention about Hera and yet according to Helm she should rule over the world. is their fastest rider and kills wulf while still wearing her dress. Can speak to eagles. And just so happens to find a long lost tribe of female warriors. It sure is wierd how Tolkien didin't mention about any of those things. what a whacky world we live in!
Yeah, out of context even the best storytelling lines would suck
@@juusovuolle8251 Dude, the the hell are you commenting spoilers under this non-spoiler review? You know the movie isn't even out yet and now I know what happens at the end 😡😡
He is liying, there is no long lost tribe of Amazon women @@foxtrot6670
I already saw the movie and i'm still waiting for the long lost tribe of Amazon women 🥱🥱🥱
Ah, in the books eagles can talk
I don’t know what to think of this comment…
Only a guy would say a female character is unnecessary or should be a secondary character. 😄There are also female Tolkien fans, you know. Surely that's more Tolkienesque to expand characters and stories left outlined than to distort characters and established lore (Yeah, I mean Rings of Power). Professor Tolkien said so himself in one of his letters. Animation, live action, I just want to see different artistic styles. I'm hopeful about this one, just because of the people involved.
You've got it all wrong! It's nothing to do with gender. If the story had an unnamed nephew of Helm and the film had him as the central character, it would be the same issue. Yes there are plenty of brilliant female characters in Tolkiens works and I'd prefer them to be the heroines of their own stories but a lot of fans didn't want Helm's story to focus on anyone other than him. Now luckily, as per my review, I suggest that they actually spun it in a nice way and made Hera the audience perspective and I think it worked to some degree but you can't ignore the fact that the main character isn't even named in the book. Imagine if the Hobbit's main character was an unnamed Hobbit that was friends with Bilbo?
Bad take
@@mellonheads True, I haven't seen the movie yet but, since the proposal of marriage to Helm's daughter is the start of it all it seems a wasted opportunity not to show her point of view (much like Helen is blamed for the war in Troy and nobody cares about what she thinks). In these stories women are used as mere plot points in men's wars and I'm sure I'm not the only one annoyed by that. I'm not making it about genre, but the fact the story ignores her. It's not the case of some random Bilbo's friend point of view, it's the case of here we have a woman who is the catalyst for Helm's story and yet she's nameless and dismissed as an insignificant incident because, of course, story is written by men, even in Rohan. What do you think Eowyn would say about that? What better female co-protagonist than one from a culture that allows shield maidens in the battlefield? I truly believe that it is these kind of characters, obscure and living in the fringe of the great stories, (and not just female characters) are the ones Tolkien gave "permission" to expande by other artists and that is what I'm curious to see.
@@rosedust-e1o Well your issue lies with Tolkien if you didn't like the way he writes Helms story. I think you're right in one sense that it is a great character to expand upon in her own movie but maybe not in Helm's movie. This is supposed to be an adaptation, not a new story so that's where the controversy lies but like I said, I think the movie is long enough and good enough to have both respected Helm's lore and give chase to the pursuit of expanding a new characters story.
Ughhh typical
Hopefully the correct characters do the correct actions at the end of the movie.
Get back to us when you watch it! I'm curious to hear your opinion Paul :)
If they do Freileaf dirty I’m so out. Fck up anything else and I’m ok. But if they do Freileaf dirty I swear to God…
@@jesserochon3103 If they do Helm dirty... That's the big one!
@mellonheads if the ending is what I suspect the ending to be, I'll probably not watch it..
Ok well that's no worries, although you won't know the ending until you watch it! 😉
I doubt this movie will be of any quality simply because the compositing of it is already baffling bad in the trailer. There are some of odd design choices mixing PJ's style with modern day gacha-fantasy style.
The animation was my big negative too but I still think lots of other elements bring the score up!
Hera's name is made up, but her character is not.
Yes she is mentioned once but not by name. So everything about her in this is made up other than the marriage proposal :D
She is entirely made up. Even if all we had was a name, then her character would still be made up. We didn't even get a name in the book, just the fact that the king had a daughter, that's all
And they couldn't have chosen a Rohan female name. Hera is a Greek name, specifically a Goddess. I have been a fan of Tolkien's writings for nearly 40 years now. Refuse to watch that awful dross from Amazon and won't be wasting any money to watch this. This story is 2 pages long and it's a story that could have been adapted if they were going for a series of shorts. I am not even excited to hear Peter is doing more movies. The hunt for gollum is already done quite well as a fan film.
@@HappyMetalGeek Tbh, I'd recommend at least watching it so you can fully form your opinion on whether it is slightly or much much better than Rings of Power. However the creators did talk of Hera's name being the Greek Goddess and pays homage to her but also the main actor from Mortal Engines. I do think it sounds quite rohirric with Helm, Hama, Haleth and Hera. Think it flows well tbh. Anyways, cheers for the comment bro!
@mellonheads I enjoyed your balanced take on the movie. I do get the alliteration Helm -> Hera as that is the tradition of children's names sounding like their parents. Though she would have a name more like her mother's (who is also unnamed) if they were going for female names, perhaps Heorid, Hagyth, Heorwyn Hawyn, or some such.
I get it - nit picky, etc, but having grown up on mythology in books and tv, especially Greek and roman, Hera is firmly not a Rohirrim name and foreign to it. To me, that is lazy writing as it links in to pop culture rather than the built world of middle earth. Even worse when they try and big up their production by attaching it to the writings of a man who was as much as possible precise in his own texts. Yes, I'm a purist, but it is what it is. Also, the plethora of lazy cash grab movies and tv series over the past few years just put me off.
I'm glad you enjoyed the movie as much as you did with your own caveats, but money and time are what they ask of me, and I am not enthused in the slightest to give it. If it comes onto netflix, perhaps.
It isn't crazy to say this movie is woke. It absolutely is. None of Tolkien's philosophies or moral beliefs are represented in this movie. His themes are always inspired by Christian ideas and Christian morals. The idea of houses coming together and marriage and family being the force that stands against evil. And friendships between unlikely allies, and the like. None of these principles are understood or represented in the movie. It has a strong message of feminism, and aversion to marriage and family. Basically the opposite of the philosophy of the author.
@@wesleycanner8001 it seems like you're trying to find something to complain about. What do you mean it has an aversion to family? The whole story shows Helm going crazy due to the deaths of his sons, the second of whom he begged to swap places with and sacrifice himself to save his son. He later does sacrifice himself to save his daughter and it's all in the name of family. As a Christian I would be happy to show this film to my children so I don't know why you're taking that stance.
I wouldn't be so dramatic. It's not a masterpiece but it's an enjoyable movie and it was a delight to be able to see a Tolkien adaptation play out on the big screen
Having a strong female lead isn't intrinsically bad, but this movie doesn't exist in a vacuum. For the past 6 years or more, Hollywood has been pushing this trope, sometimes successfully and others not so much. Specifically when it comes to Lord Of The Rings, and after The Rings Of Power, a lot fans wish for a movie where the world of Tolkien doesn't unnecessarily include a piece that reminds them of the current ideological agenda of some feminist. It feels as if most corporations are socially progressive often when it's on a well recognized IP, but rarely so when it's time to bet for your values on a new original product. Almost as if it was primarily money, and not principles that drive their decision making...
Money makes the world go round and yes I believe that this is a perfect example of how the strong female lead may have actually benefited the movie
9/10 for me i loved the pacing!
Yes I do think it was very well paced!
Garbage movie. Hard pass on this channel
Because you don't like the movie? Or the review?