TOLKIEN
Recommended. An English village with rolling meadows like in "Hobbit", black warriors with spears in South Africa where J. R. R. Tolkien briefly lived in childhood, his mother's tall stories, the brotherhood he formed out of the high and the low, land burnt by war in reality and by a dragon in his imagination, "The Ring Cycle" by Wagner, a pal who later became Sam, the horrors of the First World War lieutenant Tolkien saw with his own eyes, "a war to end all wars", a quest he undertook as "a journey you take to prove yourself", "little in stature, not in spirits", "a mortal man who fell in love with an Elvish princess" - you can stalk facts from his life (the film presents fictionalised real events) and even quotes in search for tropes from his books. He came from an impecunious family, then lost friends in the war - I had tears in my eyes. But his sorrow led to the creation of the best-known fantasy realm ever. Led me also to ponder over war when a poet died - what a loss of talent it is when bright men partake in brutality contradicting their destiny. Remarkable cinematography. LOTRish music over the end credits.
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