Tolkien, by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford - 9 out of 10

Tolkien, by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford
9 out of 10


Nicholas Hoult is clearly one of the best actors and not just in his generations, able to portray in a very short time, the complex Jerry Salinger in 
Rebel in the Rye - noted on at realini.blogspot.com - and now the author of the extremely popular Fellowship of the Ring.
Critics have not been satisfied with this motion picture,but I venture to say they are wrong.

Even if this cinephile is not a Tolkien fan, although he has seen like everyone on this side of the planet the Lord of the Rings and not the Hobbit though, he finds this film more than rewarding.

The main character is a role model, in spite of the fact that forced by his tutor, he makes the wrong choice when he takes Oxford over Mabel...fortunately, he might have the chance to redress this potentially catastrophic mistake.
Overall, we could say that J.R.R. Tolkien has been a blessed man,  not just on account of his enormous talent, being considered today one of the best writers of fantasy novels.

When drunk one night, Professor Wright aka the legendary Derek Jacobi hears some of the mumbling and shouting produced by the inebriated young man and hence they have a discussion.
This changes the life of the student who could have failed to write the classics that are so much esteemed.

It is not easy though to make the professor accept the change and take Tolkien in his group, albeit the fact that the young man shows an extraordinary knowledge of languages and he has invented one on his own helps.

Furthermore,  Professor Wright indicates that he wants five thousand words in a subject, by...the evening.
A moment of crisis, the nadir is reached when his tutor, Father Francis, is so aghast at the bond between Tolkien and Mabel aka Laura Donnelly that he forbids it.

Indeed, even when he finds that the hero is in love with her, Father Francis uses his position to state that up to the age of twenty one, there is only the choice between Mable and university.

The fortunate, brave, genius, loyal - in spite of the constrained departure for Oxford- extraordinary, munificent, brilliant will escape the ravages of World War I, that kill his talented friends.
Tolkien would be instrumental in having the poems of one of his dead friends published post mortem, even if his mother disagree sin the first instance.

Unlucky in its critical reception, I still think this is a merit worthy motion picture.