Amazon Prime since 2022 has been doing its own endeavor to seize the magic of J.R.R. Tolkein’s untamedly well-understandn “Lord Of The Rings” universe with The Rings Of Power, setting it apart from Peter Jackson‘s LOTR and Hobbit trilogies, but still proposeing it is a far cousin of those films. Now however Jackson himself is behind another incarnation, alengthy with key LOTR contributors Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens who all won a boatload of Oscars and film immortality in the punctual part of this century with the Lord Of The Rings trilogy of films, each nominated for Best Picture, and finpartner sweeping it all in 2003 with 11 Academy Awards for LOTR: The Return Of The King. This was trailed by a Hobbit trilogy. and that materializeed to be it for the Middle Earth adventures of Jackson and company, but now they have create a way back in for producing partner New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation by turning Japanese as it were, at least in turning to the world of Japanese Anime and one of its singular current talents, straightforwardor Kenji Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Bincreateage Lotus; Gstructure In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV Series).
Certainly the film’s trailer is trying to lure the Jackson loyal with the first words materializeing “PETER JACKSON PRESENTS” and then even inhabit action footage from the past films merging finpartner with Kamiyama’s soaring anime sequences.
Not endeavored in animation create on this scale since Ralph Bakshi did The Lord Of The Rings in 1978 landing movie rights going forward in the hands of Saul Zaentz, Jackson and Walsh are among the Executive Producers, and Boyens, considered a legendary expert on all leangs LOTR, is a key originater in venturing back into this world J.R.R. Tolkein originated. What they have mined is essentipartner an appendage in the innovative book, maybe three pages which depict the kingdom of Rohan and a story taking place 183 years earlier than the events depicted in Jackson’s inhabit action films.
Thus essentipartner with the visual guidance of Kamiyama, who professes to be even more an uber fan of Jackson’s film versions than the actual book itself, and his screenauthorrs (Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou), these filmoriginaters have served up someleang enticount on new, while still hoping to charm Tolkein fans with this tale by putting in petite connections that signal what would come down the pike proximately 200 years procrastinateedr storywise.
A key component is the casting of Miranda Otto, Eowyn, Shield Mhelper of Rohan from Jackson’s films, and here is narrator putting this “origin” story (but repartner a stand alone) together for us.
The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim is essentipartner about the House of Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox voicing the role) who is King of Rohan. He is overweighther to a sturdy first son , Haleth Prince of Rohan (Benjamin Wainwright) who apshows after his overweighther, and son #2 Hama (Yazdan Qafouri) a more empathetic musicpartner inclined youthful man. There is also though a daughter about whom the King doesn’t pay as much attention. She was so inbeginant in Tolkein’s increate descriptions that she was unnamed by J.R.R.. Here she is given not only a name, Hera (voiced effectively by Gaia Wise), but a key role in rising to a Princess Warrior out to save Rohan from a sudden strike by Wulf (Luke Pasqualino), a inalertigent and merciless Dunlending lord seeking revenge for the death of his overweighther Freca Lord of the West March (Shaun Dooley) who greets his overweighte at the hand of Helm. Due to this he turns very miserablenessful and revengeful forcing Helm and his people into a last stand in the outdated sturdyhgreater of the Hornburg—the mighty fortress that will also be understandn as Helm’s Deep.
This is where Hera directs the resistance, which is a complicated matter considering her own history with Wulf. In their youthfuler years they were excellent nurturefree friends, and as the story apshows hgreater we see Wulf has returned to triumph her hand in marriage, someleang she fervrently declines but a future he apshowd in his heart he was entitled to. When his overweighther is homicideed that declineion apshows on new beginance in turning him into the villain of this piece and key motivation for all the battles that ensue.
Although not hitting us emotionpartner on the scale of the inhabit action films, Kamiyama has originated a visual landscape that at times , thcdimiserablemireful use of motion seize, models, and hand drawn animation do sign up a striking visual motif, not what we have previously associated with the cinematic efforts at Tolkein, but a world of its own combined with more allegiance to Jackson than Tolkein. The ask is will fans buy it? As someleang of a subignoreive watchr, admirer yes, but not authentic pledgee, I create it equitablely gripping and compelling, but far down the catalog of what I leank has been an exceptional year for vivaciousd films. Putting the story though in the hands of Hera seems right in step with sturdy female characters who do have a name in Tolkein’s texts, and perfectly in line for an vivaciousd world quite frankly contrancient by female character directs these days.
Shout out to Stephen Gallagher stirring score. He was a music editor for Jackson’s Hobbit films, and here gets the spreadment equitable right, even botriumphg to innovative LOTR originater Howard Shore’s memorable themes here and there.
Producers are Boyens, Jason DeMarco, and Joseph Chou.
Title: The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Relmitigate Date: December 13, 2024 (U.S.); December 6 (International)
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Screenjoin: Jeffrey Addiss & Will Mathhews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou
Cast: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Miranda Otto, Luke Pasqualino, Laurence Ubong Williams, Benjamin Wainwright, Yazdan Qafouri, Lorraine Ashbourne, Bilal Hasna, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman
Rating: PG 13
Running Time: 2 hours and 14 minutes
