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There & Back Again
Nov. 21, 2009
Orlando Bloom: Legolas
This is an interview of Orlando Bloom about Legolas, I got it out of one of my books:
      
"When I think of Legolas," says Orlando Bloom, "I think of a cat. You know how a cat will hop up on a table and just suddenly top with no forward motion, staying absolutely still and alert? Cats never look stiff or heavy, they are graceful and poised, but always switch-on. That's Legolas."
Bloom decided that he wanted to act when he was still a schoolboy: "There was a girl in my class whom all the guys had a crush on. We used to run races in the playground at lunchtime to see who would be her boyfriend for the day! I had always loved watching Superman on television, and I used to fantasize that I could just fly in, pick up the girl and zoom off again!" He laughs and adds, "At the same time, of course, I realized that a character like Superman was just an actor playing the part, and it was about that time that I thought: that is the job for me."
At the age of sixteen Bloom spent two seasons with the National Youth Theater, and by the time he began his training at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama - where he performed in productions such as Peer Gynt, Twelfth Night ,The Seagull and Antigone - he had already made his film debut in Wilde, as one of the working-class lads who caught the eye of the famous playwright Oscar Wilde. Following this, Bloom performed in the television series Midsomer Murders.
Still at drama school when he attended an audition for The Lord of the Rings, Bloom originally read for the part of Boromir's brother, Faramir, who is introduced in The Two Towers. Since there were a lot of young actors auditioning and he was busy with his studies, Bloom didn't give a lot of thought to how he had fared: "I suppose it was lucky that I didn't, because I might have got overwhelmed by the idea."
After waiting six months Bloom heard that although he had not been cast as Faramir, he was being asked to audition again for Legolas: "I thought: 'Definitely! Game on!' So I learned the scene and acted it on videotape and shortly after, I got this incredible phone call saying that they were offering me the role. It was like winning the lottery! Like having all your dreams fulfilled! It was amazing!"
Having secured the role of Legolas, Bloom rapidly became expert on the ways of Elves: " They are the firstborn, the oldest and wisest of the races in Middle-earth. They are ageless and immortal. They have never known sickness or pestilence. They can be slain in battle or die of a broken heart - but otherwise, that's about it! Tolkien's Elves are nothing like the traditional image of pixies and fairies: they have great physical and mental strength and are powerful, full-blooded people.
"As for Legolas," adds Orlando Bloom, "he has seen the world. He is incredibly experienced in many ways. Mind you, so he should be - after all, he is 2,931 years old!"
Hope you enjoyed it!
~Frodo~ |
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Nov. 6, 2009
A Wonderful Poem by Someone I Don't Know!
This is a poem by a friend of a friend of mine, name Sarrah and it's about Lord of the Rings. (used by permission) It's just wonderful you've got to read it:
As he looks upon the hills, Mordor flashes, darkness lashes, his soul crashes,
The Ring blinds him, his soul binds them, The Great Eye will see, and take it from he,
With Sam to his right, and Gollum to his left, and the Ring on his heart and his soul still not at rest,
Frodo walks the lands, Mordor bound, as the Eye watches him, all around, it watches, watches, watches,
Till he can't stand on the ground,
Mordor bound,
Mordor bound.
I hope you liked it.
~Frodo~ |
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Oct. 31, 2009
Legolas
Oct. 30, 2009
"MINAS TIRITH"
I'm reading the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and in the first chapter: Minas Tirith, Pippin meets a boy playing in the court-yard. It's a really funny moment for Pippin, I think they should have put this part in the movie. Here is the funny part, it starts with the boy coming up to Pippin:
'Greetings!' said the lad. 'Where do you come from? You
are a stranger in the City.'
'I was,' said Pippin, 'but they say I have become a man of
Gondor.'
'O come!' said the lad. 'Then we are all men here. But how old are you, and what is your name? I am ten years already, and shall soon be five feet. I am taller than you. But then my father is a Guard, one of the tallest. What is your
father?'
'Which question shall I answer first?' said Pippin. 'My father farms the lands round Whitwell near Tuckborough in the Shire. I am nearly twenty-nine, so I pass you there; though I am but four feet, and not likely to grow any more,
save sideways.'
'Twenty-nine!' said the lad and whistled. 'Why, you are quite old! As old as my uncle Ioras. Still,' he added hopefully, 'I wager I could stand you on your head or lay you on your back.'
'Maybe you could, if I let you,' said Pippin with a laugh. 'And maybe I could do the same to you: we know some wrestling tricks in my little country. Were, let me tell you, I am considered uncommonly large and strong; and I have never allowed anyone to stand me on my head. So if it came to a trial and nothing else would serve, I might have to kill you. For when you are older, you will learn that folk are not always what they seem; and though you may have taken me for a soft stranger-lad and easy prey, let me warn you: I am not, I am a halfling, hard, bold and wicked!' Pippin pulled such a grim face that the boy stepped back a pace, but at once he returned with clinched fists and the light of battle in his eye.
'No!' Pippin laughed. 'Don't believe what strangers say about themselves either! I am not a fighter. But it would be politer in any case for the challenger to say who he is.'
The boy drew himself up proudly. 'I am Bergil son of Beregond of the Guards,' he said.
Hope you enjoyed it! ~Frodo~ |
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Oct. 21, 2009
The Two Towers is No More...
I finished reading the Two Towers, it was a good book. But one thing that upset me was this: in the movie 'Return of the King' Frodo sends Sam away. Well in the 'Two Towers' Frodo does not send him away. (in the Return of the King when Frodo sends Sam away, yeah that was in the Two Towers book). That made me so mad, it made Frodo look like the bad guy! O well, Peter J. just wanted to show how the Ring was taking a hold on Frodo. I'm glad I finished the Two Towers though.
~Frodo~ |
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Oct. 17, 2009
Q: How Old is Elijah Wood?
Someone asked me a question: How old is Elijah Wood? Thank you for asking, well Elijah Wood was born in January 28th, 1981. So 2009-1981=28. So Elijah Wood is 28 years old. He will be 29 soon. Thank you for asking. If you have any more questions, please let me know!
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Oct. 16, 2009
Do You Have Any Questions?
Do you have any questions about Lord of the Rings: Movies, Actors, or Books? If so please let me know. I hope I can answer all your questions. I will post the answers on my blog, when I have time. Thank you!
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Oct. 10, 2009
Elijah's Point of View...
Here is an interview with Elijah Wood I just thought it would be neat:
Part 1-
"My name is Elijah Wood and I'm Frodo Baggins."
 Q: What's it like in New Zealand?
EW: I'll tell you what it's like in New Zealand. New Zealand is gorgeous. It's so beautiful and with this project, we've been able to travel around and we're going to continue to travel to various locations and many places that people don't normally get to see, so that's been really great.
Q: How do you think the landscape of New Zealand compares to Middle-earth?
EW: That’s actually the first thing I thought when Peter showed me all the pictures and things of the locations… this is Middle-earth. I mean it has every sort of geographical, geological formation, landscape, it's got everything, you know. So, it's absolutely perfect for New Zealand.
Q: What is it like physically, going by helicopter to locations, etc.? Have you done this before?
EW: There's so many elements to what we do everyday. We fly to locations in helicopters, to the tops of mountains and to remote locations. It's overwhelming, but absolutely brilliant. It's such an adventure. It actually feels in some ways like the adventure that's taking place in the film, because we're working hard and we're going everywhere and there's just all of these magical, magical elements to what we're doing. It's really, really incredible and it's an experience of a lifetime.  I'll never have another experience like this. It's truly wonderful.
Q: What was your first meeting like with Peter Jackson?
EW: I met Peter after he had seen my audition tape. I auditioned prior to meeting him and I was so set on meeting him, initially, because I really wanted to just talk to him and sit down. I read first and then he came to Los Angeles and I got to read for him again, for him personally, and I met Fran and Peter and that was just incredible. I had been waiting for that for a while. I mean, I'm a fan of his work. Heavenly Creatures is one of my favorite films.
So I was thrilled in a geeky sort of way, you know. And it was just wonderful. I found him to be really sweet and lovely, both of them. And talking to him about the movie was just wonderful. I mean, he's so, so passionate about the project and he's been working on it for almost three years now. So, really, it's kind of in his blood, you know. And I remember the moment I met him. After I read for him, he actually showed me a lot of the drawings and sketches and pictures of locations to kind of give me an idea of what the vision of the film was and where he was going with it.
But one of the things that I really loved about his ideas for the film was that he really wanted to make the movie realistic because it is a fantasy film and fantasy books. But the thing about these books and what we're doing with the movie is that they are so real that you believe that Frodo existed. You believe that Gandalf existed. There's a certain quality in some fantasy novels that you don't feel as if they really existed. They feel too far away. And one thing he really wanted to covey with this film is the realism.
The Hobbits were to be slightly dirty and the sets and the atmosphere to be lived in and to be realistic and aged, so it didn't have that weird, sort of cheesy fantasy look to it and that was just music to my ears, because that's what I wanted it to be as well. It's just wonderful. The guy is so excited and he never loses energy. And he seems to have this endless energy, you know, constantly has ideas and is thinking and moving forward. It is inspiring.
 Q: How does this project, when you know you're going to be on the film for eighteen months, feel differently than other projects you've worked on?
EW: I think that on every film that I've worked on, as a rule the people that you work with become a bit of a second family because you tend to work together for an average of about three, four months, and so you have that family atmosphere. This makes me look at everything else that I've done and realize that because this is a year of my life and a year spent with these people, they will become even more of a second family to me.
It really etches in stone that a lot of these people will end up becoming lifelong friends. And the thing that I realize now is that when the movie is over, it's going to be the most impossible thing to leave because I will have spent so much time with it. And that's when it hit me, on New Years. Usually at New Years, you think, well, what am I going to do this year. I've got so much on my plate and so many things can happen and the only thing that was in my head was, well, I'm doing The Lord Of The Rings, that's all year and that's amazing.
It's really incredible. Three movies at one time over the span of a year. I'm living in New Zealand for a year. It's absolutely overwhelming, but I couldn't ask for a better crew, better cast and the cast I'm working with is just amazing! I'm so blessed and lucky to be a part of this project and to be playing Frodo. It is just the most wonderful, brilliant role and he ends up being a hero, so you can't beat that.
Part 2-
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And so it has come to pass… Just as Frodo Baggins completed an epic journey, Elijah Wood concluded a monumental marathon of another sort.
They have become inseparable in many ways, the Ring Bearer and the Actor. Both experienced arduous travels and taxing tasks during their sojourn into Middle-earth, and both the character and the man have come out forever changed.
Here Wood reflects on the achievements of Peter Jackson's trilogy, his personal and professional growth, and the many lessons learned.
There seems to be universal agreement that The Return of the King is the best film of the trilogy. What do you think makes it so good?
It's the end of the journey, where the characters are faced with the ultimate sacrifices, the ultimate opposition. And time is running out for Frodo and for everyone else, so there's a real sense of urgency with this film.
The film also exacts a heavy toll on the characters, emotionally as well as physically.
It's pretty extreme what the characters have to go through, and ultimately what they lose. Frodo is essentially giving away his soul to save Middle-earth. As much as the world is saved and so much is gained, so much is lost as well. You have to give of yourself to succeed, and that's what the movie is about.
Can you talk about Frodo's internal battles? And what do you see as his defining moment in The Return of the King?
The Ring sort of strips him of who he is. He doesn't remember the Shire, he doesn't remember where he's come from, he doesn't remember really who he is. He's physically robbed of any soul, of any heart, of any ability to go on. The defining moment would probably be on the side of Mount Doom, when he completely fails. He falls to the ground. And it's not as if he's giving up. He really doesn't have a choice, The Ring completely takes over.
How did you work with Peter Jackson to prepare for Frodo's emotional moments?
We talked a lot about Frodo's sort of addiction to The Ring, how that would affect him, and very specific moments about that deterioration, and how the darkness ends up coming out in him as well. We would sit down and have a good chat before we would start filming those particular scenes.
Can you talk about Frodo and Sam's friendship? It seems to be a linchpin of the third film.
Yeah, it's critical because The Ring is starting to have much more of an affect on Frodo, and Sam ends up becoming Frodo's strength when Frodo has no strength. Sam really becomes quite a hero in this film. It's his courage and his strength that pulls Frodo through and saves the day.
What can be learned about friendship from Sam and Frodo?
That no person can complete a task on their own. They cannot do it without the help of their friends. And that's not only true for Frodo and Sam. As they head up the mountaintop to destroy this ring, Aragorn and Gimli and Legolas and Gandalf are charging The Black Gate to draw Sauron's eye away and give them an opportunity. That's real friendship, real teamwork. There's something so beautiful about risking your life for the good of everyone.
Why are these films so meaningful, and why will they continue to live on?
I think there are themes in these stories that are timeless, that everyone can relate to. It's a classic good versus evil tale, and anything that embodies those particular extremes you can relate that to any world event or any personal event. Obviously there's quite a lot of strife in our world today, and certainly you can make comparisons.
Frodo has changed at the end of this journey, has Elijah changed as well?
Absolutely. I started this when I was 18, when normally I would be going to college. Instead, I went to Middle-earth and lived out Frodo's journey for four years. It's been the most incredible life experience, and I'm so grateful for that.
What will you take with you from this experience?
I think the most important thing I'll take away is the friendships I've made. Being in New Zealand for that length of time with these people was such a joy. It was difficult -- six- day weeks and 15-hour days -- and completely exhausting, but the friendships got us through. I will be friends with these people forever. The Fellowship will always exist. So in some ways the journey will never end for us, which is beautiful.
What did you do once the movie was finally finished?
I went into hibernation. I don't think I actually woke up for, like, five months.
Hope you enjoyed it. ~Frodo~ |
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Sep. 26, 2009
Elijah Wood a.k.a. Frodo
Someone asked me if I could show a picture of Elijah Wood, he played as Frodo. Elijah Wood is a very gifted actor, when he was young he wanted to entertain people. His Mother decided to take him to Los Angeles for an Annual International Modeling and Talent Association convention. That's when he got an acting job. He soon started to pop-up in commercials and then in small parts on television. Manny years later, Elijah got the part for Frodo. Anyway, here is a picture of Elijah Wood, as a young adult:
Hope you enjoyed it!
~Frodo~ |
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Sep. 20, 2009
Frodo & Sam
Sep. 13, 2009
A Random Prerson...
I chose a random person from Lord of the Rings, and it's Galadriel so here she is:
If you want to see a specific person from Lord of the Rings please let me know.
~Frodo~ |
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Sep. 6, 2009
The Light of the Evening Star
Sep. 4, 2009
The Fellowship Has Ended...
I have finished the "Fellowship of the Ring", it was very good. I'm starting to read the "Two Towers" now. I have not read much yet, but I'm going to soon. What is you favorite book, or movie? I just thought I'd tell you I finished the book. Farewell for now!
~Frodo~ |
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Aug. 27, 2009
The Lord of the Rings Cast
I just thought I'd share a picture with you of the Lord of the Rings Cast. I've got a couple pictures so here they are...
And here they are goofing off!
From right to left...
Billy Boyd: "I love having my picture taken! "Isn't a nice day out?"
Elijah Wood: "I wish Orlando would stop screaming in my ear.
Now I'm sure I'm gonna be deaf for life!"
Orlando Bloom: "WOOOOOOOO!"
Dominic Monaghan: "Whoa buddy! Orlando. Orlando! Orlando you're
cutting off my blood supply! I think I'm being choked to death!"
*gack* *wheeze* "Gah! Help me! Medic!" *choke* *cough*
Hope you liked it! ~Frodo~ |
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Aug. 26, 2009
Quiz Results
First of all, I want to thank everyone who took my quiz and second of all, remember Q:10? Well I'm going to tell you the results : It's a tie between Legolas and Aragorn here they are:
Thanks again for playing! If you want to see a specific person from the Lord of the Rings, let me know!
~Frodo~ |
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Aug. 20, 2009
How Well Do You Know Lord of the Rings? Quiz
This is a quiz about Lord of the Rings, how well do you know?
Rules: There will be no looking up the answer of asking for help.
1. In "The Fellowship of the Ring", what was Frodo's first line?
2. Who made the Ring of Power?
3. Who is Frodo's Gardener?
4. What are the Black Riders also known as?
5. In "The Return of the King", what was the name of the big spider?
6. Who is the directer of the Fellowship, the Two Towers, and the Return of the King?
7. In "The Fellowship of the Ring", what was Frodo's last line?
8. Who were the actors of Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin?
9. In "The Fellowship of the Ring", an elf named Glaladriel, gave Frodo a beloved star. What was the name of the star?
10. What is your favorite character?
11. (Bonus 10 points) What was the name of Fodo's sword?
Thanks for taking my quiz, please give me your answers in your comment, and put the number next to your answer. Thank you! ~Frodo~
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Aug. 11, 2009
"A KNIFE IN THE DARK"
I have finished reading the chapter: "A KNIFE IN THE DARK" from the "Fellowship of the Ring". It was a little bit different than the movie, because in the movie when Frodo gets stabbed by the wraith, all he did was yell with pain. In the book... well let me just tell you from the book, this is taking place when Frodo puts on the Ring:
Immediately, though everything else remained as before, dim and dark, the shapes became terribly clear. He was able to see beneath their black wrappings. There were five tall figures: two standing on the lip of the dell, three advancing. In their white faces burned keen and merciless eyes; under their mantles were long grey robes; upon their grey hairs were helms of silver; in their haggered hands were swords of steal. Their eyes fell on him and pierced him, as they rushed towards him. Desperate he drew his own sword, and it seemed to him that it flickered red, as if it were a firebrand. Two of the figures halted. The third was taller than the others: his hair was long and gleaming and on his head was a crown. In one hand he held a long sword, and in the other a knife; both the knife and the hand that held it glowed with a pale light. He sprang forward and bore down on Frodo.
At that moment, Frodo threw himself forward on the ground. And he heard himself crying aloud: O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! At the same time he struck at the feet of his enemy. A shrill cry rang out in the night; and he felt a pain like a dart of poisoned ice pierce his left shoulder. Even as he swooned he caught, as through a swirling mist, a glimpse of Strider leaping out of the darkness with a flaming brand of wood in either hand. With a last effort Frodo, dropping his sword, slipped the Ring from his finger and closed his right hand tight upon it.
I just thought I'd share that with you. If you'd like, please comment.
~Frodo~ |
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Aug. 9, 2009
They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard!
Aug. 9, 2009
Hello From the Shire!
Hello, my name is Frodo Baggins. I'm here to talk all about Lord of the Rings, both the movie and the books. I'm now reading the "Fellowship of the Ring" it's good so far. I hope I can answer any thing you would like to ask about Lord of the Rings. Farewell for now!
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