tolkien is like the only original writer. now anything fantasy related these days is just a rip off of lord of the rings. well, mostly video game wise anyways.
I feel uneasy giving you a criticism based on your achievement of any unknown criteria and can only tell you that I know what I like, and I didn't really like this. I'm sorry, but without negative criticism, we wouldn't improve ourselves. Tolkien's works wouldn't be what they are.
I think you presented very scattered threads of data, and made little or no effort to marry any of them up.
If you didn't like Tolkien, you'd not have picked him as the subject, so I think you should try again.
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Aside from the fact that he ripped off Wagner's Ring Trilogy and Wizard of Oz, he also shared Wagner's racism. Yet all you guys ignore that and worship him like good little children. Ugh...
"The Ring of the Nibelungen" is a great work of art, and Wagner was clearly a man of incredible value. We should not judge men for their beliefs as long as they do not affect the lives of others. Tolkien was indeed inspired by some great works, but they were countless... And he gave to humanity works that address both anthropology and philosophy. I am in no way supporter of any racist perspective, and I personally extracted the idea of the universal fate of humanity.
The Ring of the Nibelungen was not originally Richard Wagners work.. it's a 12th Century poem.
Secondly.. Do you know that Tolkien has some 20+ books just on Middle Earth? He did not create The Lord of the Rings, he created Middle Earth first with 1100 years of History in it. He Even wrote two Laguages Quenya Sindarin. Countless Characters and Names, battles and stories about each.
Look, I don't hate Ron, I'm just trying to inform you of the facts. Middle earth was around at least HUNDREDS of years, perhaps even THOUSANDS of years before Tolkien. It's from Norse myth.
And you are wrong about Wagner's Ring Trilogy. He adapted material from the poem, and then Ron took Wagner's adapted material and made it his own. Do your research!
Ok then, lets suppose you are right. Middle Earth was made before tolkien. But, Was Iluvatar? Fingolfin? Maehdros? Turgon? Thingol? Gondolin? Angband? Menegroth? Doriath? Valinor? The House of Hurin and the Sad tale of his Children? of Tour? of beren and Luthien? All the battles??
Read Tolkiens work before you see the movies and judge ;) Tolkien published only 3 books on The Lord of the Rings, some 15 more where just on the History of HIS Middle Earth.
'both Rings have a common ancestry and, as ingredients of a mythological setting, have certain symbolic similarities. But it is quite clear that Tolkien's work owes nothing to Der Ring des Nibelungen, and it is impossible to draw comparisons between the two works. The few similarities that there are operate as faint and disparate echoes of one another, coming from a distant and common source'
Essay by Famous Writer David Harvey
google: ring des Nibelungen lord of the rings, 6th link
if any of you wanna know where hes buried its wolvercote cemetery in oxford england. just follow the signs in the verge when entering the cemetery to his grave.
I don't know what the specs were for what you had to do for the project, but I think I can see why you got a bad mark. If you kept with the traditional biography format (starting with birth, ending with death), it would have been less confusing. Also, the titles over the pictures weren't so good. It would have been better if you showed the titles separately or down on the bottom (like a subtitle). I'm not sure if red was the best color choice either.
PTSD was not even recognized as a condition back in WW1 - only when soldiers returned back from the gulf war in the late century with 'Gulf Syndrome', the medical community became more aware of this condition.
Interesting content, but over use of cheesy transitions, much better to stick to dissolves fades and the odd wipe or swipe at a push. Rostrum your photos / artwork and add a few pans or zooms / pull focus to add more depth to your still images. good luck...
I think that J R R Tolkien was one of the most influentual writers of the modern age, and people shold respect his work young and old. Look at what he has caused. A multi-million book and movie series and endless merchandise!
The reason that you got a low grade is because you really didn't provide any valuable information. All I was able to gather from your video was that there was a man named J.R.R. Tolkien who was born, he fought in World War I, he wrote some books (which ones?), he had a brother, apparently got married to a woman named Edith at some point and then he died.
if you are attempting to summarise someone's life in a relatively short amount of time (and i imagine it would be someone worth looking at, who has had some profound effect on humanity or people's lives), you really need to consider his achievements (or failures if relevant) in some depth. i mean, there must be some extraordinary reason for you choosing this person over billions of others, so capitalize on that, use the existing information... don't just make a timeline with pictures.
ok, biographies are not slideshows! The reason you were marked down was because you explained absolutely NOTHING about how he created middle earth. if it was meant to be a biography then it would have been better to include when he worked on his masterpieces and list them. Please don't just talk about LOTR, for he maid various other stories. Less pictures more info!
Well, it didn't really have a whole lot of information in it. And you didn't cite any sources either. It was an all right video, but it could have been much better.
Well, I agree you must put some more information, but you MADE a video, and others who say it must be better haven't done that. If you know it better, then make a video.
He was British, his parents were British. They moved to SA because his dad got a job there and when his Dad died they returned back home to England. If a dog is born in a barn does it make him a horse?
Good job. You totally showed your teacher that you can cut and paste pictures off the internet. That's all you should need for a good mark on a project, right?
Further more, you haven't got any information about when he did what; Wrote his books, made his languages, got his kids etc. etc. Nor have you got the fact that he was a good friend of CS Lewis, author of the Narnia-series, and the two had many ideas that reflects in the similarities in both their books.
but the fact that he made up all those languages is quite important! u can tell what a genius he was.. and his friendship with cs lewis was important too.. And the fact that he taugh English Lit at Oxford university, or why he wrote LOTR... (because he was disappointed england had no mythology of its own and decided to make one for her..). if u have included all these in ur video ( it wouldnt take long!) it would have been perfect
E.g. you don't EVEN mention that he created several languages known as "The Toungues of Arda," such as Quenya - High-elven, Sindarin - Grey-elven, Khûsdûl - dwarves' toungue and Entish - language of the living trees.
@AndrthegreiT I was thinking the same thing.
09georgiapeach 7 months ago
tolkien is like the only original writer. now anything fantasy related these days is just a rip off of lord of the rings. well, mostly video game wise anyways.
TheTrueScource 10 months ago
I feel uneasy giving you a criticism based on your achievement of any unknown criteria and can only tell you that I know what I like, and I didn't really like this. I'm sorry, but without negative criticism, we wouldn't improve ourselves. Tolkien's works wouldn't be what they are.
I think you presented very scattered threads of data, and made little or no effort to marry any of them up.
If you didn't like Tolkien, you'd not have picked him as the subject, so I think you should try again.
jeremiahlburns 1 year ago
what can you say?this guy is awesome he made my childhood!
BombBakers 1 year ago
Alan lee. Not allen :>
OrginalKork 3 years ago
im with stupid ---> undoproductions
nemussa 3 years ago
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Don't even start me on how much material was stolen from Wizard of Oz. It's in the hundreds. It's the very same story and characters almost.
Gilgamesh73 3 years ago
Yeah for sure.. and Snow white and the 12 dwarfs
This is another suppostion that a Great work of art, is from a child story.
Heard it already and it tryed to ruin Pink Floyds best Album, The Dark Side of the moon.
There is no connection what so ever.
There are many enemies of the Tolkien societies and this what follows when having this kind of enemies.
undoproductions 3 years ago
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Aside from the fact that he ripped off Wagner's Ring Trilogy and Wizard of Oz, he also shared Wagner's racism. Yet all you guys ignore that and worship him like good little children. Ugh...
Brainwashed by all of the marketing were you?
Gilgamesh73 3 years ago
"The Ring of the Nibelungen" is a great work of art, and Wagner was clearly a man of incredible value. We should not judge men for their beliefs as long as they do not affect the lives of others. Tolkien was indeed inspired by some great works, but they were countless... And he gave to humanity works that address both anthropology and philosophy. I am in no way supporter of any racist perspective, and I personally extracted the idea of the universal fate of humanity.
scartaci90 3 years ago
Forget Racism... First of all
The Ring of the Nibelungen was not originally Richard Wagners work.. it's a 12th Century poem.
Secondly.. Do you know that Tolkien has some 20+ books just on Middle Earth? He did not create The Lord of the Rings, he created Middle Earth first with 1100 years of History in it. He Even wrote two Laguages Quenya Sindarin. Countless Characters and Names, battles and stories about each.
undoproductions 3 years ago
Look, I don't hate Ron, I'm just trying to inform you of the facts. Middle earth was around at least HUNDREDS of years, perhaps even THOUSANDS of years before Tolkien. It's from Norse myth.
And you are wrong about Wagner's Ring Trilogy. He adapted material from the poem, and then Ron took Wagner's adapted material and made it his own. Do your research!
Gilgamesh73 3 years ago
Ok then, lets suppose you are right. Middle Earth was made before tolkien. But, Was Iluvatar? Fingolfin? Maehdros? Turgon? Thingol? Gondolin? Angband? Menegroth? Doriath? Valinor? The House of Hurin and the Sad tale of his Children? of Tour? of beren and Luthien? All the battles??
Read Tolkiens work before you see the movies and judge ;) Tolkien published only 3 books on The Lord of the Rings, some 15 more where just on the History of HIS Middle Earth.
undoproductions 3 years ago 2
Lord of the Rings then was the last great story to put an end to the Evil in Middle Earth.
A WHOLE World which took him all half of his life and you come telling me that J.R.R Tolkien copied it from Wizard of Oz?
Great video there! Keep up! bet that gilgamesh73 was your teacher then :P
undoproductions 3 years ago 3
Wagner himself refered to Ring des Nibelungen as "The Ring Trilogy." Look it up.
Gilgamesh73 3 years ago
'both Rings have a common ancestry and, as ingredients of a mythological setting, have certain symbolic similarities. But it is quite clear that Tolkien's work owes nothing to Der Ring des Nibelungen, and it is impossible to draw comparisons between the two works. The few similarities that there are operate as faint and disparate echoes of one another, coming from a distant and common source'
Essay by Famous Writer David Harvey
google: ring des Nibelungen lord of the rings, 6th link
undoproductions 3 years ago
Mr. Harvey makes his life off of Tolkien criticism. Of course he would say that.
Gilgamesh73 3 years ago
if any of you wanna know where hes buried its wolvercote cemetery in oxford england. just follow the signs in the verge when entering the cemetery to his grave.
trippendale742 3 years ago
1973 - saddest year to me xD
jrrtolkiencolossus 3 years ago
In my personal comment,I believe Tolkien is the best narrator of the world,THE BEST OF THE BESTS .
Said0oh 3 years ago
not enough info x]
TheCheeseCallsYou 3 years ago
he was a legend he knew more 4 diffrent langs and more or less created his own langue in lord of the rings i think he was the master of writes lol
rockerman711 3 years ago
I don't know what the specs were for what you had to do for the project, but I think I can see why you got a bad mark. If you kept with the traditional biography format (starting with birth, ending with death), it would have been less confusing. Also, the titles over the pictures weren't so good. It would have been better if you showed the titles separately or down on the bottom (like a subtitle). I'm not sure if red was the best color choice either.
With time, this could be a great project.
TolkienNut16 3 years ago
J. R. R. Tolkien was sent back because of catching trench fever, not developing PTSD.
Jarlaxle898 3 years ago 2
PTSD was not even recognized as a condition back in WW1 - only when soldiers returned back from the gulf war in the late century with 'Gulf Syndrome', the medical community became more aware of this condition.
Belegaer 3 years ago
Was that Treebeard with tolkien in his last photo? I'm just off to finish LOTR now, Im at the fight in the Shire at the very end...
jonasedmundo 3 years ago 3
Interesting content, but over use of cheesy transitions, much better to stick to dissolves fades and the odd wipe or swipe at a push. Rostrum your photos / artwork and add a few pans or zooms / pull focus to add more depth to your still images. good luck...
jonasedmundo 3 years ago
excellent video!
dieshard1 3 years ago
excellent video!
dieshard1 3 years ago
Well in words of why you got a bad mark. You skipped around a lot and you could have explained a bit more. Other than that love it
rodog69 3 years ago
ive heard of this battle and that canadian one similar to this both were verry scary
Terrin123456789 3 years ago
I think that J R R Tolkien was one of the most influentual writers of the modern age, and people shold respect his work young and old. Look at what he has caused. A multi-million book and movie series and endless merchandise!
Hairy7Rocker 4 years ago 9
I agree 100%!!!!
metalferret 3 years ago
J.R.R Tolkien for ever, one of the best writers
freespirit654 4 years ago 8
Yeah exactly!
metalferret 3 years ago
I would have given you a big fat A.
88mici88 4 years ago
Me too!
metalferret 3 years ago
why are you talking about the war first, and only later about his birth and early life?
illistas 4 years ago
The reason that you got a low grade is because you really didn't provide any valuable information. All I was able to gather from your video was that there was a man named J.R.R. Tolkien who was born, he fought in World War I, he wrote some books (which ones?), he had a brother, apparently got married to a woman named Edith at some point and then he died.
Eric3471 4 years ago 4
indeed.
if you are attempting to summarise someone's life in a relatively short amount of time (and i imagine it would be someone worth looking at, who has had some profound effect on humanity or people's lives), you really need to consider his achievements (or failures if relevant) in some depth. i mean, there must be some extraordinary reason for you choosing this person over billions of others, so capitalize on that, use the existing information... don't just make a timeline with pictures.
purklefluff 4 years ago 2
You probably got marked down cause you got all your pictures and info from wikipedia. Try reading some books.
mm999223 4 years ago
ok, biographies are not slideshows! The reason you were marked down was because you explained absolutely NOTHING about how he created middle earth. if it was meant to be a biography then it would have been better to include when he worked on his masterpieces and list them. Please don't just talk about LOTR, for he maid various other stories. Less pictures more info!
crazylords 4 years ago
R.I.P. my good Mr Tolkien!
QueenOfTheShire 4 years ago
Bravo c'est une bien joli vidéo, jen ai appris sur tolkien .. thx for uploading !
lolilopunk 4 years ago
the pictures by alan lee are amazing
bubblegumsmash 4 years ago
yeah... it was succesful
Heollin 4 years ago
Well, it didn't really have a whole lot of information in it. And you didn't cite any sources either. It was an all right video, but it could have been much better.
kevo388 4 years ago
Excelente,just excelent.I like it very much
arenyndriel 4 years ago
this says nothing about what he did
thats why you got a bad grade
shaowindasi 4 years ago
Also....was this highschool, or college...? Did people pick on you after you did this video?
costanza711 4 years ago
Well, I agree you must put some more information, but you MADE a video, and others who say it must be better haven't done that. If you know it better, then make a video.
0jerd 4 years ago
I´m sorry, but it is a bit too "rookie". It has a good meaning, but it doesn´t work out. I still do like it, it captures the most important.
nocturne79 4 years ago
Actually, Tolkiens father was supposed to come back to England but sadly he died, but Tolkien didn't leave south africa after his dad died.
Nice video, could've have had more imformation, the music was awesome though.
whatsername707 4 years ago
Meh, it was ok, I'd give it a B- or a C+.
Ridley290 4 years ago
I like this video!
RussianNimrodel 4 years ago
very uninformative. worth a bad grade, honestly. just random pictures--and your captions cover the pictures!!
Rymbeld 4 years ago
loved the song. Evenstar :)
Shizldizl 4 years ago
very few informations
SuperTerram 5 years ago
He was born in South Africa Not Africa to be exact.
DimmyTheSaffa 5 years ago
He was British, his parents were British. They moved to SA because his dad got a job there and when his Dad died they returned back home to England. If a dog is born in a barn does it make him a horse?
TRATOLProductions 4 years ago
Good effort, there.
Khultan 5 years ago
riveting.
byrobyro 5 years ago
Good job. You totally showed your teacher that you can cut and paste pictures off the internet. That's all you should need for a good mark on a project, right?
Joshbuckler 5 years ago
Further more, you haven't got any information about when he did what; Wrote his books, made his languages, got his kids etc. etc. Nor have you got the fact that he was a good friend of CS Lewis, author of the Narnia-series, and the two had many ideas that reflects in the similarities in both their books.
RastafarianPilgrim 5 years ago
It was a school project with certain criteria, i also had a time limit. None of the subjects you pointed out needed to be in there.
sasukeuchihaluver 5 years ago
but the fact that he made up all those languages is quite important! u can tell what a genius he was.. and his friendship with cs lewis was important too.. And the fact that he taugh English Lit at Oxford university, or why he wrote LOTR... (because he was disappointed england had no mythology of its own and decided to make one for her..). if u have included all these in ur video ( it wouldnt take long!) it would have been perfect
Varda87 5 years ago 2
Agree...
RastafarianPilgrim 5 years ago
Ah well, its too late now, but the written report did include his friendship with C.S. Lewis, so thats why i wasn't really worried
sasukeuchihaluver 5 years ago
Well said. I liked Humphrey Carpenter's "J.R.R. Tolkien a biography."
PaulBuffalo 4 years ago
E.g. you don't EVEN mention that he created several languages known as "The Toungues of Arda," such as Quenya - High-elven, Sindarin - Grey-elven, Khûsdûl - dwarves' toungue and Entish - language of the living trees.
RastafarianPilgrim 5 years ago
Nice you've got his stamp at the end, but it really haven't got much to do with Tolkien himself...
RastafarianPilgrim 5 years ago
nice^^
LavaBaer 5 years ago