Harry not Britain’s favourite movie wizard

That honour goes to Gandalf as played by Sir Ian McKellen in the Lord of the Rings movies.

Obviously, Fred and George Weasley weren’t included in the poll!

In other LOTR news, TORn announces the release of The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood by Kristin Thompson.

Thompson interviewed seventy-six people to examine the movie’s scripting and design and the new technologies deployed to produce the films, video games, and DVDs. She demonstrates the impact Rings had on the companies that made it, on the fantasy genre, on New Zealand, and on independent cinema. In fast-paced, compulsively readable prose, she affirms Jackson’s Rings as one the most important films ever made.

Hmmm… interesting.

Star Wars: It gets around

OH, IT’S ON NOW, BITCHES!
Silly Brits picked the Lord of the Rings trilogy over classic Star Wars in an Amazon.co.uk poll. Hometown advantage? The prequel trilogy rang in at #6 on the best list (beating Spider-Man) and #5 on the worst.

JESUS CHRIST IT’S A GOOGLE
Get in the car, ET! Google Maps Street View caught you on film! Or at least get rid of the lightsaber, dude. Your friends should get on that GPS thing by now.

MOVIE TYPE THINGS AND… STUFF

FANDOM & Events

MISCELLANY

Video Monday

Rose Bowl Highlights from Starwars.com, with a lot of footage you won’t see elsewhere, including Mary’s serenade. Also from Pasadena, The Troopers on the Bus and Disco Steve, (not Sansweet) who appears to be… I don’t know.

All the stuff I didn’t link last week