#peter Jackson

[bean-writes]

My friend insisted she didn't need to rewatch the first Lord of the Rings movie because she still remembered what happened. So I asked her to recap it for me. I'm fucking dying 🤣🤣🤣

Ladies and gentlehobbits, I present to you The Lord of the Rings (according to my friend):

"The world is different. Legends. The ring falls really slowly into the water. The group of travelers and Will Turner find it. Boromir is the magic wizard guy, or he's the elf. Or human. It doesn't matter, he's a minor character. And the movie ends with the one who can't swim in the lake. Also Saruman is the bad one."

Who are the Ringwraiths? "The Ringwraiths want Gollum to have the ring."

And who is Gollum? "He uh... the 'precious' guy. The shriveled guy."

Who is Gandalf? "He's the wizard guy who dies when he fights and runs down some stairs. And he changes colors."

Who's Sauron? "He's the opponent of Gandalf. He's a wizard like Harry."

Rivendell? "Where a group of good people live. Which good people is up for debate." (She didn't ask us this last bit, she stated it.)

Who lives in Rivendell? "Men."

No.

"Dwarves."

No.

"Elves?"

Yes.

"No they don't live there."

Where do dwarves live? "Hobbiton."

Who is Galadriel? "Galadriel is part of legend, he is not around any more."

Who's Arwen? "A really impactful character. She had magic powers."

Who is Bilbo? "He is the one who is holding the ring when the movie sped up a lot because they kept saying 'ring'. Bilbo is the author in the office."

What's Moria? "The opposite of Mordor."

What is the green dragon? "A dragon. A race. A group?"

Who are the Uruk-hai? "Bad people. That's all you need to know."

Who is Peter Jackson? "Knock off Percy Jackson."

[ravnarieldurin]

Eeeewwww, self-insertion is a cringe

Then, respectfully, I do believe you are in the wrong fandom.

There are millions of fans of Tolkien's amazing, fantastical world of Middle-Earth. Many of us would love nothing more than to be whisked away into an epic and romantic adventure by one of the many honorable men of Arda.

It doesn't even need to be about romance or involve any of the characters. Something as simple as taking a leisurely stroll through the halls of Rivendell or climbing the breathtaking peaks of the Misty Mountains or partying hard 'til morning in the Prancing Pony Pub is enough escapism sometimes.

J.R.R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson brought an entire other world to life, complete with vivid descriptions and visual experiences. It fuels imagination and fantasy...something every human in the world does.

Some of us just happen to have...*ahem*...spicier fantasies than others, but all of them are valid.

In regards to Thorin specifically (since that was the thing that sparked your comment), he has become a caring lover, wonderful father, bold leader or even just a supportive friend to many people who need that void filled in their life. Some characters give us courage when we need it most because they inspire us.

Personally, I have not been in the LOTR/Hobbit fandom very long, but I have seen many posts already about how [insert character name] got them through a difficult time in their life.

So while you may find self-insertion to be cringeworthy, please respect other people and their right to fantasy. If you don't like something, just keep scrolling.

Thank you. 💙💙💙

~K

[allmylittlepauliesandschemes]

I know Peter Jackson is lurking on Tumblr. Low-key the biggest McLennon truther among us. Nowhere in the movie are they arranged exactly like this but for the poster he goes out of his way to create an unrequited Lennison eyeline and an adoring John staring at Paul - get outta heeerrrreeeee

[dvngeoncrawling]

the way aragorn runs is so chaotic

[mistandshcdow]

lotr behind the scenes

[sapphoismymuse]

rewatched aragorn’s coronation scene and i just realized you can see elrond’s heart breaking as she goes to join aragorn

like, that is the face of a man who was promised eternity with his daughter, a reunion in the west no matter what happened, only to lose her forever to love

[sindar-princeling]

one of the top 10 peter jackson's creative choices was seeing the one (1) sentence about the beacons being lit in RotK and going "I'm going to film a scene that is so absolutely iconic based on this"

[ithrilyann]

Peter Jackson on casting Frodo

“Frodo was a very, very important character in the movies. But he’s also a very difficult character to play and to cast. […] We were convinced that Frodo is gonna be an English actor, ’cause we wanted the Hobbits to basically be English as Tolkien really wrote them. So, we went to London and we started auditioning.

We couldn’t think of any actor to play Frodo. We had nobody in mind. We thought it would be unknown English actor, a young kid. We were in London auditioning for about a month and we’ve probably seen three hundred Frodos. There were two or three that were okay, but nothing magical, you know. ’Cause Frodo had to be magical. Every time the casting room door opened and some nervous young actor would come in, we were saying, ‘is this gonna be Frodo?’ And you sort of know within ten seconds that it wasn’t really Frodo. It was a worry, but we were plugging on.

And then our casting director said to us one day, ‘A package’s just come in the mail. It’s from Elijah Wood’. It was a video tape, a VHS tape. I had heard Elijah’s name, but I’ve never seen a film he’d done. I actually had no face for Elijah, I didn’t know how he looked like.

So, we put the video tape in. Elijah was in LA and heard that we were in London and we’re not gonna come to LA. He really wanted to get this role. So, he hired a dialect coach to teach him accent, he’d gone to the local costume-hire, got some cheesy kind of Hobbit costume on. He’d gone into the trees somewhere behind his house with a friend, and he just videotaped his own audition. He didn’t have our script, so he was reading from the book, he was doing Frodo parts from the book.

I just put this video tape in, and literally, not having known who Elijah Wood was really, I just thought, ‘he’s wonderful, he’s absolutely great’. And so, Elijah cast himself”.

(x)

[glorf1ndel]

Just some of my favorite BTS photos from The Hobbit and LOTR!

[inthedarktrees]

Kate Winslet & Melanie Lynskey

Heavenly Creatures (1994) dir. Peter Jackson

[illustratus]

[badwolf-gallagher88]

Boromir “They took the little ones” really doesn’t get enough credit for how sweet he is to Merry and Pippin. Sword fighting and training with them, protecting them from orcs - despite his flaws he was kind at heart.

[mithrandirl]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978) dir. Ralph Bakshi THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2001 - 2003) dir. Peter Jackson

[drewbaylor13]

PETER JACKSON PLEASE GIVE US THIS SCENE. WE NEED IT 😭

[cinematicsource]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) dir. Peter Jackson