"A Knife In The Dark"

"A Knife in the Dark"

2021

Frodo thought that he heard a faint hiss as of venomous breath and felt a thin piercing chill. Then the shapes slowly advanced. 

-"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", by J.R.R. Tolkien

"One Ring To Rule Them All"

2021

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. 

-"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", by J.R.R. Tolkien

The iconic prologue. Not only is it visually impressive and grandiously epic, I find that it is also very effective at conveying a lot of information in a relatively short time. Looking back I don't recall ever feeling lost or confused when watching the film for the first time. I was sucked right into the story from the very beginning. The prologue sets Middle-earth and its main peoples, Sauron and the Ring, and all the necessary backstory in altogether very easy to digest terms. At least it was so to me.

I think also the colossal struggles of good and evil, with clashes of enormous armies and duels of mighty kings against the powerful Dark Lord provide a nice contrast to the subsequent tranquil, mundane scenes of the Shire. As the story transitions to the hobbits and their little homes and simple lives, you are left nontheless with a sense of a larger world, with big forces at play.

As an ending note, Sauron made such a big impression on me as a kid, despite his very short actual, physical apperance on the film. A towering, armored sorcerer/warrior thingy, kingly yet terrifying. My kind of villain indeed 😈

"Eye of the Dragon"

2021

"Free Palestine"

2021

Made during the 2021 aggression on Gaza, and sadly still relevant today. Inspired by Mustafa Hassouna's iconic photo.

"The Treason of Isengard"

2021

"Gandalf the Grey caught like a fly in a spider's treacherous web!"

-"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", by J.R.R. Tolkien

"The Model"

2021