Film-making history was made when, in The Two Towers, an actor's performance and digital animation were seamlessly integrated to create the world's...
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Aug 27, 2011
Ariana
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An editing nightmare. I picked up this book because I love "making-of" featurettes about movies and I thought this would be similar. Ugh. The editing of a book has never stood out to me so much before, and it was NOT in a good way.
For starters, as commendable and inspired as Andy Serkis's performance as Gollum was, his writing is average, even in final book form. He frequently brings up things that are irrelevant to the story he is telling, and even uses the same example More...
For starters, as commendable and inspired as Andy Serkis's performance as Gollum was, his writing is average, even in final book form. He frequently brings up things that are irrelevant to the story he is telling, and even uses the same example More...
Aug 20, 2010
Chris
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Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies spark debate. You have the wonderful people who say, "they're too long and have things with pointy ears. Yuck!". You have people who say, "the books are better" (and these people are right). You have people who say, "the books are better and Jackson should meet a Balrog in a dark alley".
But I like to think most of us are like me. Yes, the books are better, but the movies were cool too.
We can quibb More...
But I like to think most of us are like me. Yes, the books are better, but the movies were cool too.
We can quibb More...
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Nov 13, 2011
I finished this just now, and wow, what an interesting book! I thought I'd seen this in shops, but if I have then I've obviously never opened it up (more fool me!), thinking it was something completely different.
Have to say kudos to Andy Serkis for managing to explain what he did so well, and in such an interesting manner as well. If there were more I'd definitely read them!
Have to say kudos to Andy Serkis for managing to explain what he did so well, and in such an interesting manner as well. If there were more I'd definitely read them!
Oct 24, 2009
Sofia
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Of all the "behind the scenes" books (with the exception of the "Art" ones) this is probably the most interesting. It's not just photos and little comments, it's a real description by Andy Serkis of how Gollum was created: the challenges, the technical solutions, the script and Andy Serkis' experience and "voyage" with the character.
Feb 26, 2008
Anna-Marie
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This book is great. It's by Andy Serkis who played gollum in the Lord of the Rings as most of you probably know. Its really his Lord of the Rings story and a American actors view of New Zealand I found it really funny being from New Zealand. But its great and worth reading.
May 20, 2011
Andree
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A wonderful insight, written by Andy Serkis, into the world of creating Gollum. I thought it was a brilliant read, and it just added to my enjoyment and appreciation of the masterpieces that were the Lord of the Rings films.
Nov 01, 2007
Liss
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After reading this book, I wanted to watch anything Andy Serkis was in. He was the "body" for the latest remake of King Kong (which is an even weirder movie to watch if you've seen the original one)
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