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Tolkien (2019) biopic reviews
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Pretty much what I was expecting. Nothing exceptional, and something to watch if you have a passing interest in Tolkien's life and works.
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"Film is well put-together and does have the right "feel" to it, all credit to Dome Karukoski on that. Casual viewers will get a lot from this TOLKIEN movie. Excellent music and sound. Wasn't expecting that but very well done. Good amount of humour. Also wasn't expecting that but pleased it was there. Tolkien the academic is a bit peripheral here.
The chronology of his life and some details are just wrong. The War crowds out a lot of other influences on him. I think the Tolkien movie is a nice film, and I expect casual viewers will enjoy it (although they may struggle with lack of Middle-earth references).
Performances are good and sound well done. But hardcore Tolkien fans will struggle with historic accuracy and balance of influences. Solid performances by Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins." - Shaun Gunner, Tolkien Society Chair
The chronology of his life and some details are just wrong. The War crowds out a lot of other influences on him. I think the Tolkien movie is a nice film, and I expect casual viewers will enjoy it (although they may struggle with lack of Middle-earth references).
Performances are good and sound well done. But hardcore Tolkien fans will struggle with historic accuracy and balance of influences. Solid performances by Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins." - Shaun Gunner, Tolkien Society Chair
Why do we need biopics of musicians?
Most of them are edited to lead normal ordinary life like other folks from the same period.
someone in one of the threads here used this limited release biopic as a reason Endgame wouldn't make enough money to pass Avatar or something. I thought that was weird.
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I'd argue that Lawrence of Arabia is a biopic, and it is one of the greatest films ever made, although one that's pretty loose with the facts of T.E Lawrence's life during the period depicted.
You might note that "Most of them" don't actually get a biopic.
I like Hoult but yeah this always looked like it was gonna be the most predictable and by-the-numbers biopic ever.
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Indeed. His relationship with Edith and the manner in which it unfolded was pretty interesting too.
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The majority are cash grab agiographies that have nothing to give, but stuff like VIce or Jobs are actually great biopics. It has to give you the full complexity of the person. The original version of Freddy Mercury movie was supposed to be great, in the end we had that rubbish where the man is mustified and nothing else
One of my favorite movies of all time is a biopic (Capote)
Also, not surprised this isn't great considering it was disowned by the estate
I actually liked jobs. Mostly because it's structured more like a chamber play than a biopic. It has nothing in common with something like the imitation game, which is an absolutely awful movie that more or less encapsulates everything I dislike about the genre.
Well yeah, JObs has also a particular structure, but stuff like Vice which is still linear is great nonetheless. THe usual rule is the more a biopic is advertised the more likely it's going to be shit
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