The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimwill be coming out on December 13 and has released a short clip that makes me confident the movie will treat its source material with respect. More than that,I thinkThe War of the Rohirrimmoviewill deliver a genuinely entertaining spectacle, which was always up for debate, to a certain extent. As the first official animatedLord of the Ringsmovie, I questioned whether the magic of the original trilogy could be captured here. But I think that, at the very least,one key character will be done justice.
The newWar of the Rohirrimmoviewill adapt a short story from Appendix A ofLotRcalled “The House of Eorl,” which sketches its characters in very brief outlines. As such, it was easy for me to imagine that the movie would take major liberties with its narrative and the moving pieces within it. Indeed, the movie has made some major changes to the story. But I am now feeling confident thatit will address Helm Hammerhand with respect. He is the main character of “The House of Eorl,” so he needs to be done right in this movie.
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After watching the new Warner Bros. clip, I am really looking forward to seeingThe War of the Rohirrim’sHelm Hammerhandon screen, asI believe he will communicate Tolkien’s themes quite clearly. As a lifelong fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, I value faithfulness in adaptations of his work. I see this as a matter of adhering to “the core” of the original, which was Tolkien’s idea of faithfulness, as he stated in a letter.The War of the Rohirrim’sHelm does embody what was keyabout him in the text.
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In “The House of Eorl,” Helm Hammerhand is all about the grayscale morality of the human race. This does come through in the movie clip. Helm Hammerhand is a monster and a myth, rather than a man. In Appendix A, “The House of Eorl” functions as a historical document, laying out the myths of Rohan that were passed down from generation to generation.Helm was not a clearly detailed and psychologically profiled leader; he was a terrifying, homicidal, vengeful demon, driven by dubious justification. He is one ofLotR’smost nuanced characters, and the movie will capture this.
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Warner Bros.' new movie clip reminds mewhyThe War of the Rohirrimis important forLotR, portraying Helm as it should. Rohan is based on Anglo-Saxon culture. The Rohirrim tell the story of early English people inLord of the Rings. Tolkien funneled his love of this culture, its poetry, and of his own culture into the Rohirrim, emphasizing how deeply human they were compared to other civilizations or species.Théoden, Éowyn, and Helm are all flawed heroesand better for it. Helm’s murderous rage in his Dunlending war was borderline villainous, which the movie is set to capture.
I am excited to see where the movie’s Helm will fall on the hero-villain scale.
Warner Bros.' clip goes into detail about the key part of Helm’s story, which the rest of the movie will expand on. Helm and his people were besieged in what came to be known as Helm’s Deep during the Rohirrim’s war with the Dunlendings. Helm went out at night — according to legend — killing enemies with his bare hands.The movie takes the tone of a ghost story, capturing Helm’s larger-than-life terror. Then, the clip goes into thriller territory, exploring the mystery of Helm’s nightly escapes. I am excited to see where the movie’s Helm will fall on the hero-villain scale.
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The War of the Rohirrimhas faithfully chosen to project Helm Hammerhand as a myth, more than a man, which actually makes sense of its controversial lead character decision.The War of the Rohirrim’sHérawill be the main character, in the place of Helm, who is the main character of the short story inThe Lord of the Rings.Although Helm is the lead of the source material, making him the lead of a movie would require being less faithfulto the text, in a strange, roundabout way.
The movie will respectThe Lord of the Rings’vision of Helm as a ghost story.
The War of the Rohirrim’smain character choicemakes more sense to me after seeing its treatment of Helm. The movie will respectThe Lord of the Rings’vision of Helm as a ghost story. It will also weave detail into his arc, butmaking Helm the main character of a whole movie would probably have required going so much in depththat it would have ruined the mystery a bit. Having Héra lead the movie is wise. In the source material, she is Helm’s unnamed daughter, but in the movie, she can tell her own story.
The screenplay ofThe War of the Rohirrimwas created by Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins, and Arty Papageorgiou.
Héra is only mentioned in one line of the movie’s source material. In that sense, amplifying her role is unfaithful. However, in a way, it is the best choice the movie could have made.Héra is a blank slate, and there can be little harm in developing her in a project clearly removed from Tolkien’s original premise. This is anime; it was always going to have its own spirit and a female warrior fits the bill. I can’t wait to see howThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimbuilds out Helm — and his daughter.
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Set before the events of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an animated action-adventure fantasy film that follows a King of Rohan named Helm Hammerhand. When his home comes under siege by Dunlendings, Hammerhand prepares himself and his allies to fight back against them, with the war leading to the eventual establishment of Helm’s Deep.
