The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings : The War of the Rohirrimis the latest entry in the celebrated and hugely popularLord of the Ringsseries of picture , and it tell the story of Helm Hammerhand defending the realm of Rohan from an army of Dunlendings . warfare of the Rohirrimreviewswere split , though there were n’t many ardent guardian of the film , as its box billet failing became apparent throughout its first weekend in theaters . Personally , I opine the film is self-colored enough , but its sack does have me distressed about theupcoming architectural plan for theLord of the Ringsfranchise .

Since the rights toThe Lord of the Ringsfranchise were solda few year ago , the number of release in the serial publication has been steadily increasing , from television games , to TV shows , with an influx of new feature motion picture that are set to be released , and unfortunately , War of the Rohirrim ’s sundry reactionsare at the forefront . However , its release and the upcoming installments in the franchise have me worriedthat theLord of the Ringsseries is going to see a lot of mistakes made in the name of strain to generate as much content as potential .

War Of The Rohirrim Didn’t Feel Like A LOTR Story That Needed A Movie

The Story Was A Minor Footnote In Tolkien’s World

The Lord of the Ringsis a huge dealership , so , of course , the rights holder are function to do everything they can to wring as much profit out of the IP as possible , but that absolutely has the chance to make the serial publication feel less unique as more and more projects are release under its name . The War of the Rohirrimis mulct , butit does n’t sense like something that adds much to the history of theLord of the Ringsuniverse , it finger precisely like a short narrative ballooned out to two hour .

WhileWar of the Rohirrimdid an admirable job at hold what was written and exposit on it , it ’s a worrying trend for the enfranchisement to move towards .

Thestory of Helm Hammerhandand the Dunlendings come from the originalLord of the Ringsappendices , published by Tolkein at the destruction of theReturn of the Kingbook . I have n’t read through the full appendix myself , butthe story of Helm and his family press the Dunlendings is a small part of the story of Rohan and the House of Eorl , and definitely not enough to fit an entire moving picture . WhileWar of the Rohirrimdid an admirable job at taking what was written and expanding on it , it ’s a worrying trend for the dealership to move towards .

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War Of The Rohirrim Makes Me More Worried About The Hunt For Gollum

The Upcoming Prequel Is Very Similar To War Of The Rohirrim

TheLord of the Ringsproject exercise set to fall afterWar of the Rohirrimis a bouncy - action plastic film calledThe Hunt for Gollum , directed by Andy Serkis , who manifestly played the character of Gollum in the original trilogy . The upcoming adaptation is similar toRohirrimin that it is also pulled from a very small minute of Tolkien lore , which in this case is a chapter fromThe company of the Ringin which Gandalf explains to Frodo the story of the ring and Gollum , explain that he and Aragorn had to get Gollum .

The Hunt For Gollumis slate for release in 2026 , with Peter Jackson , Fran Walsh , and Philippa Boyens of the originalLord of the RingsandHobbittrilogies set to produce .

Again , I think that , despite being made mostly just tokeep the LOTR right , The War of the Rohirrimis a fine movie . However , the fact that the next film is also doing the accurate same matter , mining for an unsung piece of music of Tolkien lore to try and stretch into a film seems like a good way to get citizenry to lose interestingness . The reasonWar of the Rohirrimbombed at the box office was becauseits base approximation just was n’t enough to make a unfeignedly not bad production , and the same may be true for the next one .

Frealaf standing next to Hera in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

The Hunt For Gollum Is Even Harder To Get Right Than War Of The Rohirrim

The Film Will Have Even More Of An Uphill Battle

alas , The Hunt For Gollumis going to have an even voiceless time thanWar of the Rohrrimdid , for a multitude of reasons , first and foremost being that the story that the forthcoming film is based on is even smaller than that of Helm . I think that the story of one of Rohan ’s slap-up Rex is at least interesting , with a showtime , middle , andending thatThe War of the Rohirrimuses , whileThe Hunt For Gollumessentially boils down to what it says in the championship , that being Gandalf and Aragorn trying to notice Gollum .

While I was hoping for better results for   War of the Rohirrim , I do n’t think its failures suggest anything about future tense   Lord of the Rings   pic . Its loge office public presentation could be related to Warner Bros. ’s merchandising strategy or just a world-wide disinterest in living . I doubt   The Hunt for Gollum   will achieve similar numbers to the original trilogy , but I think it could feasibly make somewhere around $ 400 - 500 million .

The upcoming prequel will also have to contend with the legacy of the original films and characters , which are beloved by so many , include myself . I love both Sir Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen ’s performances in the original films , and whileMcKellen may retrovert inThe Hunt for Gollum , Mortensen more than potential wo n’t , leaving some very big shoe to fill up . WhileThe Lord of the Rings : The War of the Rohirrimwas a decent time , the next projects come to the franchise are going to front an uphill battle to come through hoi polloi over .

Gollum in The Hobbit looking up.

Set before the events of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an animated action-adventure fantasy film that follows a King of Rohan named Helm Hammerhand. When his home comes under siege by Dunlendings, Hammerhand prepares himself and his allies to fight back against them, with the war leading to the eventual establishment of Helm’s Deep.

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Set before the events of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy , The Lord of the Rings : The War of the Rohirrim is an animated action - adventure illusion plastic film that follows a King of Rohan mention Helm Hammerhand . When his home come under military blockade by Dunlendings , Hammerhand prepares himself and his friend to fight down back against them , with the state of war conduce to the eventual constitution of Helm ’s Deep .

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