#64: Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005) July 16, 2007
Posted by badblokebob in : Documentary, Fantasy, 2000s, 3 stars, films about films, 2007 , trackback2005 | Carlene Cordova | 93 mins | DVD | 12 / PG-13
Made by the people behind the large Lord of the Rings fansite TheOneRing.net, you’d expect this documentary to focus itself on Lord of the Rings fandom. To a degree it does, but it also encompasses a history of the books and their popularity, as well as various thematic issues contained within them, and also takes in the various adaptations (though, criminally, doesn’t even mention the BBC radio version). It’s a bit unfocussed, sometimes coming across as a selection of featurettes strung together with occasionally random linking interviews. There’s stuff of interest in here, but certainly not to everyone — only fans need apply.
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