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It's still not available to rent here yet. I have a feeling it'll show up by the end of January, at which point I'm better off seeing this in the cinema.

 

[Oberstein]

I re-read the Appendices last night, that's directly from Tolkien's writings.

It's in the line of kings: 2759 Helm, Haleth, Hama die; Frealaf becomes king following the invasion and Long Winter.

It follows that portion of the appendices pretty closely.

No, not in relation to the book's appendices, but to the way Hera is handled in this story.

Spoiler

For reasons of her own, she refuses the throne and just walks away. There's no particular motivation other than “modern reason” for wanting to be free. It doesn't make sense and she couldn't just walk away. She's the direct descendant. Tolkien didn't write anything similar.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Damn, it took it on the chin this weekend, less than $5 mill in the US, just a little more internationally. Though it supposedly only had a 30 mill budget, so I expect it will turn a profit eventually on streaming, VOD, and disc sales. I think they were really caught off guard with how low this went, I can see a limited theatrical run for the prestige but this was dropped into 2500 theaters which seems waaaaaay optimistic. I'm expecting it to hit streaming just after New Years.

Was it because it was animated? The focus on Hera? Lack of enthusiasm after Rings of Power? I gotta think if this film was dropped in 2005 right after ROTK it would have done half a billion at least.

Maybe it will have some legs through the holiday.

Art style is shit and holds minimal cult appeal at best in Western territories.