Movie Review: Ringers:Lord of the Fans

I enjoyed this immensely. I don't think most other people would. You have to be a Ringer to appreciate it, I think. It's a kind of documentary all about Lord of the Rings fans and about how LOTR has affected society. It shows how completely psycho some fans can get about it. (No, I am not one of those. I am a LOTR dork, not a LOTR freak. There's a difference.) There was one woman who even sold her house to go to the Return of the King movie premiere in Wellington. Some of the things, I must confess, I would like to do. I would like to learn Elvish (and about a hundred real languages), and follow the trail of the movies in New Zealand (how pretty is it), and visit Tolkien's grave. I would not, however, take pictures of my action figures on Tolkien's grave (I don't have any action figures anyway), nor would I wear a shirt that says 'Frodo Lives.'

The movie goes through each decade since LOTR's publication, saying what it means to each generation. It talks about how it has influenced music (espescially metal). And it talks about how hippie things like caring for the earth, and unity, and what not, are a major part of it.

One of the best things about it, though, is that it's narrated by Dominic Monaghan (Merry). You can tell he had fun doing it, and straight off he refers to himself as a Ringer. It made me feel like he and I are friends. Which we are of course, cuz Ringers stick together.