High Fantasy or Low Fantasy?

[AinuLainour]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
And to be honest describing it as \"grubby\" makes me surmise that you\'re considering small aspects the movies rather than the high level of description he uses for the likes of the Gondor armour in the novels.
Should you look at the works of artists like Alan Lee you\'ll see that there is such a wealth of materials he\'s had to work with, which orginiatied from the books.

I got the notion that LoTR was low from the magic, not so much the rest of the world. I remember a DVD feature where someone was describing how the magic in LoTR wasn\'t like Harry Potter, it was more ..subdued?? I probably was overlooking a lot of those elements (however I do own an Alan Lee calendar, Alan Lee-illustrated LoTR special ed. and a book on interpeting his art for the movies, among other things).

Ok, so LoTR isn\'t Low Fantasy

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by generulpoleaxe


nowadays i give them the historical treatment. (tempted to mess around with scents at some stage to give them the smell as well [imagine yorvik viking center])

that probably means nothing to a load of people here. i know exactly what you mean. a trip never to be forgotten!

 

[Roger Bunting]

I\'ve been there a couple of times. Once on a school trip, where we got to make our own coin as well.