PJs LOTR is fundamentally different from Tolkien's LOTR, espcially in its protrayal of Orcs and the Dwarves. Bring it ON!!!!! I'd love to see Planescape:TORMENT fan film, by far, the best CRPG game and the best thing to come out of the AD&D Second ED. Well, well, first you had FAN-zines, FAN-fiction, and now FAN-cinema. It's definitely worth a look, if only as a reminder that technology is now advancing to the point where it's quite feasible for a small number of people to produce movies of all sorts of stories that might otherwise not be filmed. The story, script, and acting aren't quite on the same level of excellence as the production values, but that's no crime, I suppose. Given that the film didn't have the blessing of either Jackson or New Line Cinema (not to mention the Tolkien estate), I'd have preferred it went its own way stylistically, if only to better distinguish what is without a doubt one of the best amateur films I've seen distributed for free on the Internet. There's a bit too much homage to the Peter Jackson films, with all their weaknesses, though. My initial impression is that it's extraordinarily well-done for what is effectively a fan film. I'll have to watch it again to form a considered opinion of the project. The story is an original one, but it draws on the appendices of The Lord of the Rings for many of its ideas. The film takes place in the time after Gandalf discovers that the One Ring is in the Shire and tells the tale of Aragorn's attempt to find Gollum before the servants of Sauron can do so. A 40-minute independent film, entitled The Hunt for Gollum, is now available online.
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