Balrog

The Lord of the Rings is a great epic for its time period because it's set in a futuristic age unlike others. It's like we've gone back in time to a more simpler period, yet, dangerous creatures exist like Orcs. There are races which fight and races which alliance. Elves can be immortal if they choose to be. Human’s are not. Each species’ age length differs. It adds a sense of daring adventure as a young Hobbit boy has to go and destroy this ring into a flaming lava pit. The main character’s…

Gandalf bears stunning power despite his appearance as a frail old man, similar to that of Jesus of Nazareth, who was but a lowly carpenter. The greatest feat of Gandalf the Grey that exemplifies the Christus Victor theory is his fight with the Balrog demon in the Mines of Moria. As the fellowship makes its way through the mines, pursued by the demon and hordes of goblins, Gandalf takes a final stand on the bridge, sacrificing himself to save the…

not just a few, but for the greater good. A greater good is one they will benefit that of a populace, in this case Middle Earth. Examples of such lesser sacrifices will remain in the following. For example, Gandalf falling into the pit with the Balrog. For the reason that he did not decide to throw himself into the pit. All the acts the Tom had committed happened for the greater good but none include a sacrifice. For the reason that no harm could ever befall the all-powerful tom in his small…

I think the dialogue in this trilogy is very sophisticated in some parts and not much in others. One being the famous of Gandalf “You shall not pass,” in the Mines of Moria on Khazad-dûm where Balrog rose from the dept. While Gandalf's was more funny and almost scary, Sam's quote was more heart touching and inspirational, at the end of The Two Towers. He talks for a good one or two minutes about how there is good in the world and it's worth fighting…

The Foley sound effects are artificial, created with props or sources that are often radically different to what appears on screen. In cinema, the sounds of monsters or futuristic technology, for instance, have been created using every from envelopes to breezeblocks and biplane motors. It’s not just for fictional TV or movies either. In a radio documentary, The Sound of Sports, Dennis Baxter describes how sounds are added to sporting events, from rowing to athletics. In horse racing, for example…

Suspense is a state of anxiousness or uneasiness about a situation. This tension is easily felt in movies, such as The Fellowship of the Ring.This movie is a very adventure filled and action packed story. Director makes this film very tense and makes viewers what to know what is going to happen next. Many different techniques are used to give the movie its edginess. The suspense in The Fellowship of the Ring is created through POV shots and angles, sound effects, and pace. The…

He invited Howard Shore to visit the different sets and to meet the cast, because he wanted him to immerse himself as much in the story as possible:"There were many months of reading Tolkien's books, studying Ring mythology and influences of Tolkien," Shore says "I had to do that in order to write, to express any ideas and emotions. [...] I think I´m always writing for an emotional impact. I want to feel something when I watch a film and that's how I create music. I mean, I'm watching a film and…

It’s no surprise that this story is based off a war, more specifically World War I. J.R.R Tolkien was in his first phases of creating the story when the war started, so what better place to draw inspiration from. The Fellowship and Sauron’s war is meant to, in a sense, embody World War I. The book itself was published almost to the day, 40 years after WWI started. Throughout the story the main theme is good versus evil, which is the main point of a war one side is made of wrong doers the other…

uncertain of control over himself. Aragorn accompanying the hobbits from the start (Fellowship of the Ring) to whatever end, he slowly gains honour in himself throughout, for example, Aragorn takes leadership of when Gandalf goes down fighting the Balrog. Towards the end of the movie, Aragorn is the one of the nine that takes the majority of the leadership role, as Gandalf is gone and Theoden is about to accept defeat. Armies of Isengard have the upperhand, since they have already planned out…

around his home or those especially from California who called at 7 p.m, or 3 a.m for timezone differences. Some people demanding to know whether Frodo had succeeded or failed in the Quest, what was the preterite of Quenyan lanta-, or whether or not Balrogs had wings (which they do). So he changed addresses, his telephone number went ex-directory, and eventually he and Edith moved to Bournemouth, a pleasant but uninspiring South Coast resort noted for the number of its elderly well-to-do…