Posted: February 02, 2000 at 14:59:05: by Wibstap
: : I know the costume is all wrong and I know it is historically incorrect (given the Medieval tone of the film). But... last night I saw the Sleepy Hollow movie and the I feel Burton's Headless Horseman conveys the atmosphere that I believe the Ringwraiths should have before the battle at the Fords of Bruinen. On a similar note, I think Christopher Watkin would make a perfect Angmar (if, that is, Angmar had a face).: : Input?
: : Cheers
: : Berembrôg : : PS. I am NOT saying that Jackson's Medievalist approach is correct - I am merely repeating what I have read on this Board. : Remember Disney's animated headless horseman? I saw him long before I read LOTR, and I envisioned the Nazgul as looking like that. : After some thought, maybe going the Medieval route isn't a bad idea. I have never thought of LOTR as medieval, but it's better than the outlandish weapons and costumes you see in the majority of fantasy movies and television programs. Since most people have some familiarity with Medieval settings through other films,it would give them a sense of a familiar world, their world in the past. I don't know if Medieval is right for Middle-earth...maybe Iron Age, but leaning towards Bronze Age?
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