Sarah Chudyk’s second rough draft
You seem to be in too general terms and need to go into more detail. In your second draft, you seem to fix this problem a bit. Also make sure your just discussing The Return of the King
Donald Turner September 18, 2008, at 03:38 PM
I know some of us in the class have already posted the links she assigned last class, hopefully you will find those useful. Brittany Thrun ? September 17, 2008, at 11:25 PM
Alongside with everyone else I think you should come up with more ideas. You can just the library search database or even some links that are posted on the tolkiwiki. Good luck… everything will come together. Jenelle Jones
Good luck finding outside sources! So many of them are unprofessional, but you’re bound to find something eventually.
It’s nice that you have quotes from your sources to make your points sound stronger. I do, however, think that there is more than a ‘sense’ of multiple endings— there quite simply are. The viewer is directed to so many places at the end of the film that it’s difficult to pinpoint just what scene is the actuial conclusion of the movie. Devon Cozad? September 17, 2008, at 10:44 AM
I really appreciate the fact that you are trying to find and use outside sources to make your essay more interesting and informative. eg Medieval literature. Good luck on finding more documents. The ending was a very critical point so you may be able to fill up alot of the bulk of your essay with that topic. Sarah McNutt September 16, 2008, at 11:59 PM
Using the ending, or multiple endings is a good idea for a focus because this is one of Shippey’s main points. You could talk about how the last lines in the novel are also the last lines in the movie, and why Jackson used this for the final ending. Annika Laughlin? September 16, 2008, at 09:25 PM
You need to come up with some more ideas. If you’re having trouble with finding information through articles, I really do highly suggest watching the Directors Commentary. It helped me tremendously and I assure you it will help. Your last bullet point can be expanded into part of the body of your paper. Discussing the multiple endings, and the Two Towers scenes that were placed into the Return of the King, are a great way to start. But make sure that your ideas are focusing around the ROTK, and not so much on the Trilogy as a whole. Lauren Brych? September 15, 2008, at 12:33 PM
When you are looking through articles, and papers that compare the books and movies; you could try to make the connection between how Tolkien wanted his story to be interpreted, and how Jackson helped to further that point. I like what you’ve got in mind so far! Joseph Bella? September 14, 2008, at 10:10 PM
I like some of the ideas that you brought up, for instance, the idea of the multiple endings and the transitions that Jackson made. I think you just need to expand on these ideas more and after watching the extras, you should have a little more material. Elizabeth Delano? September 13, 2008, at 11:41 PM
I think after watching the extras last class, you will find writing about specific challenges for the third movie much easier. I also had difficulty finding any websites to use, but I think my paper is complete with just using the Shippey article and the extras. If you own the theatrical versions instead of the extended, even the extras on those are quite helpful. The theatrical versions are also easier to get a hold of as a rental.Emily Marvin? September 13, 2008, at 10:43 PM
I like how you brought in the fact that Tolkien’s books are reminiscent to medieval literature, and the “saga.” I think that this is an interesting point and further shows how challenging that makes the conversion to a movie. I think that you need some more information pertaining to other challenges, such as the storyline of Arwen and Aragorn. Good job!Kelsey Till September 13, 2008, at 04:35 PM
More luck with find reviews for the paper. Just remember the focus of the paper and also try to fully devevlop the point about Jackson and his ability to create a smooth transitions in the movie. That is a great point to address. Trudy Antwi September 15, 2008, at 09:02 PM
I still need to watch the director’s cut for The Return of the King. So far, I’ve been looking for peer-reviewed articles and haven’t found much, especially pertaining just to The Return of the King. So far, I have some information on generalizations with the filming of the trilogy and some information on The Return of the King. Besides watching the director’s cut, I don’t know where to find more articles to really help with this essay. I’ve mostly just found articles that make comparisons between the books and film. I would like to try to find articles that deal more with Tolkien and his vision of the trilogy and how this is or isn’t incorporated into the film, just so I have something in writing to easily refer to. Otherwise, most of my information will be coming from the director’s cut.Some notes/brief outline on articles found:“The Return of the King: Adaptation and the Trilogy”• 2 versions: theatrical and extended• The trilogy was filmed during the same time period to overcome challenges with filming• Scenes were cut, but then put into the extended versionso These scenes in the extended version help to make more connectionso Articles contains examples of how the extended versions help to make more connections • “creating multiple films simultaneously not only allows for complex interactions between segments, but also echoes Tolkien’s original vision of the work as a single continuous saga”• Difficult to make a film with there being three different novels; Tolkien wrote six different segments, or books, for the trilogy, and “this structure harkens to medieval literature, reinforcing Tolkien’s stated desire to create a new mythology”• There’s a sense of there being “multiple endings” in The Return of the King: “The abruptness of these transitions in the theatrical version leads one to believe that additional circles will be drawn in the extended version…this saga ends with contemplation on circles and returns”“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”~starts with ending scenes from The Two Towerso Frodo, Sam, and Shelobo Incorporating this scene from The Two Towers novel into The Return of the King film “has allowed the action between the parallel stories to maintain a sense of balance and in the flow of the story it does not seem out of place”
