Finally got to catch the release of “By Fan for Fan” flick The Hunt for Gollum. And I must say it went beyond my expectations. By no means is it perfect. But for me, it gets pretty considerable marks in most of the aspects you look for in a movie. I am no film expert, but here is how my rating would go.

Cinematography – Very good
Acting – Slightly Above Average
Screenplay – Average
Sound Mixing/Scoring – Above Average

The trailers and the official site turned out to be really good indicators of what to expect from the short film.

The story was pretty much straight and simple. But it could really serve as a good introductory supplement to the Fellowship of the Rings. The lead actors really did have striking resemblances to how their characters were depicted in the Peter Jackson movies.

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Haven’t had enough of middle earth?

Well, here’s another addition to the worldwide obsession for the chronicles about men, elves, orcs and the other beings of Arda.

A group of enthusiast filmmakers who happen to be avid Lord of the Rings fans were inspired to create an offshoot production from the works and main story line by J. R. R. Tolkien.

After a little over two years, the short independent film titled The Hunt for Gollum is now scheduled for its free-to-view release via the Internet. The 40-minute story is about a journey of Aragorn who is tagged as heir of Isildur and ”the greatest huntsman and traveller in Middle Earth”. The plot comes at a time between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Rings. It carries off when Gandalf and Aragorn realize that Gollum is out somewhere and has vital information about the all-powerful-one-ring. And they decide to track him down before the enemy gets to him first.

This fan film project is again proof of how latest technology now provides talented and dedicated people the ability to create high quality production on a shoe string budget.

By looking at how they prepped-up some of the lead characters, its not hard to believe that they really were inspired by the texture and feel used by Peter Jackson on the original LOTR films. 

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