20 DVD Commentaries You Need To Hear Before You Die
14. Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
Participant(s): Various Cast Members Realistically any lovers of Middle-Earth should also visit the commentaries involving Peter Jackson and his producers and writers but if youre not up to the goliath task of watching the entire trilogy with all the available commentary tracks we suggest you stick with the ones involving the full cast. The cast commentaries contain the perfect blend of informative production insight and Hobbit-related high jinx to keep the viewer entertained. The broad range of ages of the central cast means that the long list of actors involved each bring a different angle to the commentary. For example, the most senior actors like Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen tend to focus on analysing their characters motivations. Christopher Lee the only cast member to have actually met Tolkien acts as the Tolkien scholar, assessing how Jacksons vision of Middle Earth compares to that of the book. In contrast the more youthful Hobbit actors keep things more playful, displaying the camaraderie which formed after such a long, intense filming process. At one point Dominic Monaghan (Merry) and Billy Boyd (Pippin) even banter Sean Astin (Samwise) about the weight he had to gain for the role (although he now apparently has the body of a Greek God).
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