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Salon.com
June 4, 2001
Andrew O'Hehir |
The book of the century Although its popularity is unparalleled, intellectuals dismiss "The Lord of the Rings" as boyish fantasy. Now one scholar defends J.R.R. Tolkien's "true myth" as a modern masterpiece...   |
Reason
July 2003
Michael Valdez Moses |
Back to the Future The nostalgic yet progressive appeal of wizards, hobbits, and Jedi knights |
Salon.com
December 17, 2002
David Brin |
J.R.R. Tolkien -- enemy of progress "The Lord of the Rings" is lovingly crafted, seductive -- and profoundly backward-looking. Why not look at things through the Dark Lord's eye for a change? |
Wired
October 2001
Erik Davis |
The Fellowship of the Ring Wherein an Oxford don and his ragtag army of fans turn a fairy tale about hobbits into the ultimate virtual world. Can any movie ever do it justice? |
Salon.com
February 6, 2002
Scott Rosenberg |
One film to rule them all Peter Jackson's "Fellowship of the Ring" pleases both Tolkien nuts and "Lord of the Rings" virgins. How did he pull off such an unlikely feat? |
Salon.com
August 16, 2000
Andrew O'Hehir |
Frodo lives -- on the big screen Can the quest to turn "The Lord of the Rings" into a movie trilogy satisfy Tolkien's legions of dedicated fans and still produce a blockbuster? |
Salon.com
December 5, 2001
Andrew O'Hehir |
The fellowship of the ravenous movie writers I went to the "Lord of the Rings" junket and all I got was this lousy Gandalf goblet... |
Salon.com
December 18, 2002
Charles Taylor |
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Yes, there are some "middle-chapter" problems, but Peter Jackson's Tolkien adaptation hasn't lost its devastating humanity, its heart-stopping cinematography or its epic sweep. |
Salon.com
December 17, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek |
The movie of the year The heroic and epic film version of "The Lord of the Rings" brings beauty, awe and excitement back to the big screen... |
Reason
December 2002
Chris Mooney |
Great Escapism J.R.R. Tolkien's preindustrial fantasy feeds postindustrial entertainment. |
Salon.com
December 3, 2002
Laura Miller |
A "Fellowship" for fanatics Why the Eye of Sauron was the bane of Peter Jackson's life, and other knowledge I gleaned from the extended DVD of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2007
Zorpette & Ross |
The Books That Made A Difference Leading technologists name the novel that influenced them the most: Vinton Cerf, Google: The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien... Donald Christiansen, President of Informatica: War and Remembrance, Herman Wouk... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hoard of the Rings With The Return of the King coming to theaters, this article looks at the profitability of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Fro-Dough Bagging "Return of the King" rakes in $500 million worldwide. Wow, that's some ring, huh? There's clearly plenty of this pie to go around. A look at companies that are getting a cut |
Wired
January 2004
Oliver Morton |
Attack of the Stuntbots Shoot them, stab them, throw them off the roof. The next generation of Hollywood daredevils will never say die. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2007
Rich Smith |
Return of the Hobbit Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Time Warner's New Line Cinema have confirmed that Peter Jackson will executive produce (and quite possibly direct) The Hobbit. |
