Tag Archives: fairy tale

Faint Hope for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Teaser Trailer Release)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

The teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was released this week and has sped its way through the Tolkien fan digital community. You can check out the footnote conversation at A Tolkienest Perspective, or some … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reviews | Tagged adventure, C.S. Lewis, fairy tale, fantasy, film adaptation, film-making, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Peter Jackson, The Battle of Five Armies, The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit, writing | 37 Comments

“What Have We Done?” A Review of The Desolation of Smaug (Hobbit Part 2)

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

These words are breathed in the dying moments of the second installation of The Hobbit adaptation, The Desolation of Smaug. Inevitably, this is the question that true Tolkien fans expect Peter Jackson’s adaptation team to be asking of themselves right … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, fairy tale, fantasy, film, film adaptation, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Martin Freeman, myth, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, Sir Ian McKellen, The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | 52 Comments

Prewriting for NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

I think for most of us the appearance of books in a bookstore is a completely magical process. We know that somewhere—perhaps in a building behind the store, or on a fantasy island with high speed wireless internet—authors are suffering … Continue reading →