Tolkien
Tolkien
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Dome KarukoskiKamera:
Lasse FrankMusik:
Thomas NewmanBesetzung:
Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi, Craig Roberts, Harry Gilby, Ty Tennant (mehr)Streaming (5)
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Tolkien erzählt von den prägenden Jugendjahren des visionären Autors, in denen er Freundschaft, Mut und Inspiration inmitten einer Gemeinschaft von Gleichgesinnten an seiner Schule findet. Zusammen erleben sie Liebe und Verlust, von Tolkiens turbulenter Umwerbung seiner großen Liebe und Muse Edith Bratt, bis hin zum Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs, der die „Gefährten“ auseinander zu reißen droht. All diese Erfahrungen inspirieren Tolkien zu seinen weltbekannten Mittelerde-Romanen. (Fox Deutschland)
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If you see Tolkien as the architect of all the fantasy worlds you love so much, then you will think that this film is exactly for you. This is what I thought, at least. That’s why I was looking forward so much to this film. But what did I get? In my opinion, the most boring biographical film I have seen in a very long time. A total disappointment. The acting performances are good, Nicholas Hoult as the young Tolkien is alright, and Dome Karukoski is not a bad choice for this type of story either, as he has some experience under his belt. The problem, however, lies in the script. There are some interesting moments throwing some light on author’s books, but the result is incredibly boring. The story takes place during Tolkien’s studies. He met friends who influenced his fate. In the beginning, their club seems like the gathering of young elite of that time. It didn’t sit well with me. Over the time, the story began to focus on WWI and the battlefield shots didn’t look bad, but I didn’t want to watch a war movie but a biopic, so it didn’t sit well with me either. Tolkien didn’t deserve this, and it’s no wonder that his family washed their hands of this film.
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Es bräuchte noch einen weiteren Film, um Tolkiens Biografie zu Ende zu erzählen. Dies sind nur die jungen Jahre und eine Erinnerung daran, die besagt, dass auch Herr der Ringe nur eine Antwort auf die Schrecken des Großen Krieges ist. Wie alles, was von der verlorenen Generation geschrieben wurde, einschließlich A. A. Milne. Und natürlich gingen vor dem Krieg alle, ohne Unterschied, mit ihren Liebsten in Wagner-Opern ;)
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A biographical film with classic editing, but I didn't mind. However, I have to complain about the portrayal of Tolkien's friends, who were important to the story, but all they way to the end they were more or less interchangeable. A pity. Nicholas Hoult is still sympathetic, though, and so is Lily Collins (and beautiful). I also liked how the screenwriters smuggled various Tolkien inspirations into the plot and how the director used shots here and there that recalled Peter Jackson's films.
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An intimate and honest account of the youth of the author of the most famous novels of the century. The story is not about “The Lord of the Rings” or “The Hobbit”, it’s about Tolkien, his love, his loss, his friendships and the major experiences and encounters that gave form to his imagination, his views over the question of good and evil and his relationship to language. If you don’t expect Hollywood celebratory chorals and grandiose artificial sequences, you’ll get a deeply felt and realistic portrayal of a commonly uncommon man that in a likeable manner represents the first figments of his famous works, the familiarity with which the creators expect in advance. Some of the emptier scenes made me realise that I would also like to see this biopic in those grandiose Hollywood hands, but I’m convinced Tolkien himself wouldn’t be offended by it. Nicholas Hoult is precise and Thomas Newman is fully charming again.
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"Die Dinge sind nicht dadurch schön, wie sie sich für uns anhören. Sie sind schön durch das, was sie bedeuten". Ich habe zwar nie etwas von Tolkien gelesen - eine Schande, ich weiß -, aber ich liebe und schätze die Trilogie "Der Herr der Ringe", und so war ich neugierig auf einen Film, der die Jugend eines Autors zeigt, der so vielen faszinierenden Orten und Figuren Leben eingehaucht hat. Während des Films bemerkt der Zuschauer mehr als einmal subtile Anspielungen auf Geschichten aus Mittelerde - mich persönlich haben die Szenen aus dem Krieg am meisten interessiert. Da sich die Geschichte jedoch größtenteils um den Krieg dreht, hatte ich mehr starke Szenen erwartet. Ich fand die Darstellung der Beziehung zwischen John und Edith daneben, aber ich mochte die Szenen mit dem Professor, der von Derek Jacobi gespielt wurde. Am Ende des Films haben die Filmemacher mit den Emotionen gespielt - aber sei's drum. Dennoch bin ich froh, dass ich die Zeit in den Film investiert habe, denn er bietet einige interessante Momente aus dem Leben eines der größten Fantasy-Autoren aller Zeiten.
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I have mixed feelings about Tolkien. The running time was far from modest, yet typical of biopics, but the script was just weird. As far as the events in England were concerned, it was okay, but the war scenes seemed to have been written by someone under the influence (I'll leave it to the experts to determine what kind of influence). It annoyed me how much it focused on the creation of languages, while I didn't learn much about the life of the title character.
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A very nice life story about the beginnings of the famous writer J.R.R. Tolkien, but unfortunately (as it is sometimes the case with biopics) rather uncatchingly presented. At least the filmmakers have put a lot of effort into the visuals and music. (55%)
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