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The Hunt for Gollum
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:34 am
by J-man
Anyone ever heard of this? It's a fan film that set to release only online on Sunday (for free!). It's 40 minutes long and follows Aragorn as he searches for Gollum to find out what he knows about the ring. The actors they have playing Aragorn and Gandalf actually look fairly similar to the ones from the trilogy by Peter Jackson. (Gandalf looks and sounds almost identical) They had hardly any budget, but it looks pretty amazing (the trailers do anyway). I'm looking forward to seeing how good it is.
http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMHgwG9aAo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-GNKsFeIs
There's also another one that other people are working on that's gonna be released this fall:
http://www.bornofhope.com/Welcome.html
It looks even better!
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 8:17 am
by Termite
Wow! That looks absolutely amazing! I can't wait to watch it.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:39 pm
by Taq
So has anyone seen this yet? I think it'll make a good 40-min study break.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:36 pm
by J-man
I'm downloading it tonight and will probably watch it sometime tomorrow. (I hate my stupid bandwidth cap.. >_> )
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:13 pm
by Taq
I watched it! As someone who doesn't have strong feelings towards LOTR one way or the other (I saw the films when they came out and thought they were okay, and I read the trilogy for a Tolkien class that fulfilled a college literature requirement.), I enjoyed it. The film was compelling - it held my interest the entire time - and I'm impressed by the great lengths the fans went to produce this project. This intense collaboration by fans reminds me of
another project... Anyways, I would highly recommend it to LOTR fans but also think that someone with a passing interest in LOTR might enjoy it.
Thank you for posting the link, J-man! I never would have known about this otherwise.
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 3:04 pm
by J-man
Heh, well I read about it on Slashdot.
...And I had download problems so I'll probably end up watching it tomorrow.
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:05 pm
by Shadowfax
J-man wrote:Heh, well I read about it on Slashdot.
...And I had download problems so I'll probably end up watching it tomorrow.
Has J-man watched it yet?
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 8:03 am
by J-man
Yes he has!
I thought it was good, very good quality for a fan-made film with very little budget. The only thing was, it wasn't long enough!
So yeah, I would recommend it if you need something to do for 40 minutes or so.
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:35 pm
by redrose
I watched it. It was really good. Better than the professional ones.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:31 pm
by jelly
It was amazing!!
They should make more.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:10 pm
by Termite
I still haven't seen it yet.
I really need to watch it...