Excellent outline! You might give some consideration to how successfully Jackson conveyed Tolkien’s world view. Read the essay on fairy tales again. Lydia Fish September 22, 2008, at 05:09 PM
Great outline, you seem to know exactly what want to talk about and how to do so. Now it is only a matter of linking the material together and elaborating on your ideas. Eligh Hanning?
You’ve got a good outline going. Now that you have all of your material, it’s time to form an essay, just remember to take quotes from the commentary. It can definately strenghten your paper. Brian Nacov September 18, 2008, at 04:45 PM
The outline is organized and brings up some good points. I’m just not sure though if it is appropriate to talk about how jackson was making things look realistic. You have good points with regards to how jackson was following the book and how successful he was. I don’t know if you need to make more reference to the Shippey article or not, but as I have learned from reading other people’s comments, I definitely have to do this myself, considering how I didn’t even mention it in my outline. Sarah Chudyk?
Wow you have a lot of points! I like the variety but you may want to narrow it down so you can get in more detail for some of them. Good start! Brittany Thrun ? September 17, 2008, at 11:11 PM
Very good outline. Everything seems good and even though you only focused on the end of the book it seems like you pulled so many details out of it. Great job! and thanks for finding my draft!I knew I was not bugging =) Jenelle Jones
Nice outline. I am interested to see how you develop these topics. You might want to develop some ideas about the difficulties that were presented to Jackson while trying to make the Return of the King. You should also develop some of your ideas so that they are specific to Return of the King. Steven Wilser? September 17, 2008, at 11:49 AM
In 3b, you may want to add how some character lines were given to others, though for good reason, such as Eowyn’s dream of the great wave. I’m sure your essay will cover a broad range of thorough topics. Sarah brings up a good questing— without CGI, would it had been successful? Technology did wonders for this story. Devon Cozad? September 17, 2008, at 10:40 AM
Way to master the formatting! Solid outline. I find the physical limitations of the movie making especially interesting so please write more on this topic in your final draft. Ever wonder if the LOTR movies would still be as successful if they were filmed at a time that didn’t have the same CG technology? Sarah McNutt September 16, 2008, at 11:51 PM
You have a lot of information and it all ties into the paper. I don’t really have anything to add. Great job! Annika Laughlin? September 16, 2008, at 09:22 PM
You have an incredibly well-developed outline. Expand on all of these great ideas and I think your paper will be very good. I don’t think you should have to elaborate too much on the make-up artists though. That is one thing that a lot of us are at least somewhat familiar with! Very good outline! Keilah Bradley September 16, 2008, at 05:25 PM]]
I think you have the most organized outline of anything I have read thus far. Good job! With more detail and elaboration on the topics you have mentioned you will have a great paper. I look forward to reading your final! Carly Lopez?
You really have alot to work with! I’m unsure whether you plan on using all of this information, but I think you will be surprised by how much you can write with just one little idea. So make sure you pick several ideas that you really want to expand on/can expand on, and work on it from there. Just make sure that you focus on particular moments from The Return of the King. Use some specific examples. Other than that, you have got a great outline; well organized too! I can’t wait to read what you come up with. Lauren Brych? September 15, 2008, at 12:28 PM
I like your layout, Don. Lots of content, and really good ideas. I’m looking forward to the final version! Joseph Bella? September 15, 2008, at 12:00 PM
I like the fact that you are bringing up the length of the book as being a difficulty. Also, I like the fact that you made the point that it is important for Jackson to change some things in the story line to make the movie understandable. However, I am not sure the essay question is asking about things like CGI and showing the huge armies. I think on some of your points, you need to get more The Return of the King specific. Elizabeth Delano? September 15, 2008, at 12:01 PM
I will answer to Kelsey’s comment about “keeping the author bewildered” because I also wrote this in my paper. Tolkien does do this. Maybe to make his reason why more clear to others reading your paper, you could say that this shows his belief that good prevailing over evil is not inevitable. Maybe you don’t have to talk about how the main plot doesn’t start until half way through the first book, unless you tie it to the third book/movie. You have a lot to talk about, so good luck!Emily Marvin? September 15, 2008, at 12:02 PM
I feel like you are going to cover a significant amount of information. I like how you mention the challenge of showing some aspects of Tolkien’s world when they are not given much description. I was a little confused with your statement that “Tolkien wants to keep the reader bewildered” as I do not believe that this was his goal- maybe you should word that differently. Good job!Kelsey Till September 15, 2008, at 12:02 PM
Different approach of presenting your ideas. You have some great ideas and I look forward in reading about them fully developed in your final paper. You actaully captured the main focus in your rought draft. Keep it up in your final paper. Trudy Antwi September 15, 2008, at 08:55 PM
INTRO:
“Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” is one of the greatest and most success films in the history of cinema. Based of the novel written by the genius author, J.R.R. Tolkien, “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for that year. This is a just reward for director Peter Jackson as creating this movie proved to be extremely challenging for him. Jackson would find it would very difficult for him to transfer Tolkien’s epic, long, loved, and semi-complicated novel to film. Jackson would find the solutions to many problems in bringing the story to the big screen and have great success in preserving the essentials of the story while keeping Tolkien’s views in the film
QUESTIONS IN ESSAY:
1. What problems did Shippey foresee for the Return of the King?
- How the movie will end
- How did Jackson meet these challenges?
- Jackson actually followed the real ending of the book, while showing the other two endings that Shippey thought would be the end of the movie. Jackson just caught out the Scorning of the Shire and the rebuilding part of it.
2. What problems did Jackson have in presenting Tolkiens world in film?
- a. Showing huge armies
- b. Designing things that are barely talked about in the novel
- c. Making it look realistic, such as Ents, Orcs, and the Undead Army
- How did Jackson meet these challenges?
- a. CGI
- b. His designing team was given some liberty to create these things, such as Groug aks the thing that breaks down the gate of Minus Tirth
- c. CGI, make-up artists
3. Did Jackson succeed in preserving the essentials of Tolkien’s narrative and incorporating his world view in the film?
- a. Jackson does keep the story plot very similiar
- b. The movie’s dialogue most of the time, comes directly from the novel
- c. Like Tolkien, Jackson tricks the viewer a few times on what is happening, for example you don’t always feel that Good is destined to win
- d. Tolkien wanted to keep the reader bewildered, while Jackson does not
4. Challenges involved in transferring the book to film?
- a. The length of the book
- b. The end of the novel is boring, according to film standards
- c. Some parts of the novel are confusing and not described well, such as when Aragorn arrives on boat at Minis Tirth.
- d. The plot of the book is not revealed until almost half way through the first book
- e. Tolkien did not show the Ents attack Isengard.
- Jackson’s success with this?
- a. Jackson was forced to cut some plot points and characters, especially since things that were in the Two Towers were not shown yet. Sometimes, Jackson would just move some plots in the book around.
- b. Jackson kept the true ending it worked for him as it worked for Tolkien.
- c. Jackson’s movie is easy to follow and Jackson added some scenes to the movie to make it more understandable.
- d. Jackson created an introduction to the movie that explains the history of the movie.
- e. Jackson did show it so it would not upset the movie viewers
- Each of these points will result in a detailed paragraph or may be combined with one another. I plan to watch Return of the King again with the director and writers input. This will probably result in me adding more points to these categories. My sources will be wikipedia, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, the bonus features for the movie, and the Shippey article###
Donald Turner September 15, 2008, at 11:58 AM
