Carry It Forward: Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

Imagine if Frodo Baggins did not have the rest of the fellowship in his quest to destroy the ring of power. In the movie The Lord of the Rings, which actually is a trilogy, Frodo embarks on a quest to throw back the evil ring of Sauron in the heart of Mount Doom, the highest mountain in the desert wasteland of Mordor. However, what if he died before he threw the ring in?

This is where the 5 obstructions would come into play...

Using the idea that 5 Obstructions used for the film "The Perfect Human" by Jorgen Leth, I believe it would be interesting and provocative if the same method were applied to altering the trilogy that so many people of the world know and love. The director and primary screenwriter, Peter Jackson, would be taking the role of Jorgen Leth, as the one that has to fulfill the obstructions given by the obstructionist. In my mind, Von Trier would be replaced by the Wachowski Brothers. I think the obstructions given by the Wachowski Brothers to Peter Jackson would result in some mind blowing alterations of The Lord of the Rings.

Another idea would be to pick 5 well known directors, such as the Wachowski Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Quentin Tarantino, and each give Peter Jackson an obstruction or a set of obstructions for remaking the movie. That would be spectacular.

The influence of each obstruction upon the movie would reshape the the entire story arc. Events that happened in the original movie that people know so well could be completely changed, offering a brand new story in a visually different medium. These 5 directors are hugely different from each other, and their obstructions would be hugely incomparable. This incomparability would offer 5 new perspectives of one of my favorite movies of all time, from the obstructions of 5 of my favorite directors of all time.

Recreating this epic story in 5 new, different ways would allow people to delve into and experience Frodo's journey in ways that even the story's original author, J.R.R. Tolkien might not have imagined. Even so, I am sure that he would have appreciated a visual understanding of the different perspectives of his fiction by some of the greatest visual experts that ever lived. The 5 Obstructions: The Lord of the Rings is an amazing idea to put into action. It adds new and exciting ways to interpret the original journey to destroy the ring, while preserving, appreciating, and spreading its original magic.

Change of Mind: "The Perfect Human"

This film was one of the weirdest films I have ever seen. I usually do not experience art that does not literally speak to me right away, as this one does. Jorgen Leth has created something that I still have trouble describing. When I first saw the film, I was fascinated by what the narrator was going to show the audience next because I enjoyed watching the actor and actress act whatever the narrator said on the screen. I also wondered why the narrator chose to pick the actions that he did. Soon, I realized that the narrator was trying to give perspective on the abilities that the human body can do. Leth was trying to show what we take advantage of daily by putting an emphasis on each individual action, even sometimes repeating them.

This film changed the way I saw simplicity in the movies. These days, most movies that come out are all filled with CGI, special effects, and computers. The balance between actual acting and computer technology has been leaning towards the computer technology. This movie, "The Perfect Human," allowed me to appreciate actual acting. There were no special effects in this movie, but its appeal and effect were as large as a movie that has them. This is due to the acting. Simple acting allowed me to appreciate what Leth was trying to tell the viewer. Whatever his actual reason was, I was able to interpret it to my own desire with the aid of the simple and articulate acting of the actors. I very much enjoyed this thought provoking film, and have started to research older movies, ones that had less of an emphasis on CGI and more of an emphasis on pure, great acting.