Nicholas Hoult is a young, sexy J.R.R. Tolkien.

He was an awkward looking kid, but grew up to be a really good looking young man. That said, a wide face and a lack of bone structure usually mean deteriorated looks in middle age.

R1 you talkin about Hoult or JRRT?

Young JRRT

Hoult is good looking but does NOTHING for me. He has no sex appeal at all.

Hoult, R2.

Tolkien was an incredibly devout Catholic. His widowed Mother converted when he and his brother were tiny and raised them Catholic. He went to Mass every single day. He wrote this about his Catholic beliefs - see below. If the biopic ignores this CENTRAL pillar of his life then it's a complete waste of time.

1. "But for me that Church of which the Pope is the acknowledged head on earth has as chief claim that it is the one that has (and still does) ever defended the Blessed Sacrament, and given it most honour, and put (as Christ plainly intended) in the prime place."

2. "Our Lady: upon which all my own small perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded.”

3. “Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament....There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death. By the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste—or foretaste—of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man’s heart desires."

[quote]If the biopic ignores this CENTRAL pillar of his life then it's a complete waste of time.

Much like his obsession with Catholicism.

R7

Like I said: if the biopic ignores it - as I suspect it will because, well, it's got people like you in mind and possible people like you making it - then it's not only failed to understand Tolkien it will have deliberately and deceptively misrepresented him.

But that will keep people like you happy because you just KNOW it all, already.

His mother basically died in poverty because she chose to convert and her family disowned her. I can certainly see why he'd have a very strong attachment to the church if he considered his own beloved mother a martyr.

I wouldn't be surprised if they include it. I personally hope they include his post wartime psychosis.

He so bummed C.S. Lewis

He did live an interesting life, so I might check this out despite normally detesting biopics.

Yes, he was devoted to his faith, and was often an intolerant product of his time. That stuff shouldn’t be ignored to appease a modern audience.

Hiddleston looks more like JRRT than Hoult does.

Will there be dong?

Someone wrote this on tumblr:

"On Tolkien, the biopic: A couple of months ago I had the chance to see a pre-screening of the Tolkien biopic, and holy freaking cow was I in love. I can’t tell any details because I signed an NDA (btw felt pretty cool signing it), but I CAN tell you my impressions as someone who feels pretty well versed in Tolkien’s life and works.

It was done with such respect and care, guys. It is beautiful in its portrayal of friendship, longing, heartache, sorrow, joy, hope, and so much more.

There were nods to things that people who have a knowledge of Tolkien’s life and work will catch without them being obvious or jarring if you don’t. There were a number of moments/events that I was really hoping were going to be included even though they weren’t vital to his history, and when I saw them, I can’t express the joy I felt.

I have so much of my personality and history and values tied to Tolkien that there were moments when I was crying at what was happening on screen, and it was not a scene that was meant to be sad. I just felt as though I was watching a piece of my own history playing out and I still react very emotionally just thinking about it.

I cannot say loud enough or too many times that if you have any sort of love for Tolkien and/or The Lord of the Rings, you need to go see this movie when it comes out. It is so beautiful and funny and heartbreaking and wonderful"

R13 holy crap he really does!

I'd much rather watch Nicholas though. He's a talented guy.

Hoult has really been impressing me in recent years. He's a real chameleon as an actor, he's been an Australian skull boy in one movie, a gawky American scientist who turns into a blue superhero in another, and a wicked but brilliant 17th century fop in another. He's been good in everything I've seen him in, and I think he's going to be one of those Brit actors who will work forever and been good in everything they do.

Nice to hear he's done this, and it's even nicer to hear a good review. Quite frankly Tolkien's life was dull by lots of people's standards after he grew up and became a professor, he lived the life of the mind if anyone ever did. Turning personal suffering into works of the imagination is hardly the easiest subject for a filmmaker to tackle, glad to hear they have have done it right.

I keep waiting for Hoult to star in the biopic of David Gilmore from Pink Floyd. He's a dead ringer.

∆ sudden newfound appreciation for Pink Floyd.

I'm just grateful they didn't cast Eddie Redmayne.

Yes I'm curious how they got around the Compulsory Redmayne Casting Act of 2015.

Betcha Redmayne asked for too much money.

This has got to be a low-budget film, and Redmayne is an Oscar winner now.

Another role that would have been good for Harry Lloyd.

Didn't we see the Hoult peen recently? Someone remind me...

First Trailer. Just a teaser but it looks like they'll have a bit if magic realism going on. Which would actually work well if they address his psychotic break during the war.

Looks interesting.

I'll see it, in the unlikely event that it's released within a thousand miles of me.

[quote]He was an awkward looking kid, but grew up to be a really good looking young man.

You can say that again! When I first watched ABOUT A BOY long ago, I thought his character was a girl. haha

Longer second trailer.

LUV THAT ACTOR

NICK SO KOOOL

CATCHER IN THE RYE YEA...

he not only cute as fuk, but one of the best young actoors around...

I would suck him so hard. in every hole possible...

I want to see this, but damn was that trailer ever heavy-handed.

"A Fellowship....a Journey...an Alliance..."

WE GET IT.

Gonna be sad.

yea, hoult is the hottest young piece of ass in town. good actor too.

did kevin spacey suk his ass out when they did that movie?

movie looks damn good: historical, English, turn of century, college eroticism and fraternal buddys.

knickers!

R36 he would with Bryan Singer too.

So yes. Probably.

Historical spoiler alert

Some people are afraid the movie will be gay. The comments are hilarious.

Jesus, there's no hope for humanity. We can't watch a biopic unless the star is a hot piece of ass. Which JRR was not.

He had an interesting face. Very Edwardian.

Completely agree, r42, but not a studmuffin. So why not cast someone with an interesting Edwardian face instead of a smoldering hottie? I think we all know the answer.

Clip

The real Edith

First Review.

R11 English please?

That is actually an English term R11

It means he really depressed C.S. Lewis.

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Tolkien's son was a child molesting priest! He also claims he was molested himself by one of his father's colleagues.....any guesses as to which one?

^ It had better not have been one of the Inklings.

Sad.

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bumping

R52 has been common knowledge for a decade. Why is it being dredged up now? Do people want to fuck up the film release or something?

Yeah I remember reading that about his son before years ago. It seems like a couple of newspapers really want the film to flop. They've also been pushing a story that the family didn't approve of the film. They dont, but they never do. They condemned the LOTR trillogy also and anything else they can't make money from.

If they wanted the film to flop, they wouldn't be giving it attention

Tolkien became an orphan at age 12 and at his mother's direction, he and his brother became wards of a Roman Catholic priest, who objected to the liaison with Edith and would not allow him to marry her until he was 21

The Morgan Library in NYC has a current exhibition on Tolkien, lots of photos and writings

Looking good on The Late Show

Just saw it. Loved it.

I will see any piece of shit that hot sexy brilliant piece of ass is in.

that bryan singer may have sucked it, not faze me at all.

hoping hugh Jackman had a crac at it.

hoult was amazing in the jd salinger epic. surely he fought off kevin spacey, but who cares, Oscar man!

I found the casting appropriate given that Javert was a POC in the book too.

the Sonja morgan library !!!

git it rite mary.

R62∆wrong thread.

I loved it. I like that the relationship with Edith wasn't a perfect romance. Their marriage was troubled IRL but they loved each other deeply.

I'm glad they included the real letter from Geoffrey Smith at the end. Heartbreaking.

was he gay? Tolkien? any frontal or ass?

R75 it's hinted that Smith was. Sadly no nudity

I liked him hotter as Nux in Mad Max Fury Road

Nicholas, show us on the doll where Kevin Spacey touched you

^lol, clever.....

The ending with Geoffreys mother was devastating.

tttttt

Has anyone seen this movie? Opinions? I'm tempted, but the trailers make it look schmaltzy and obvious.

R72 I have. It wasn't sentimental. Best movie I've seen this year.

I would imagine the movie doesn't address his rabid antisemitism.

The dwarves were based on racist Jewish tropes.

IF one accepts that Tolkien's dwarves were based on the Jews of Europe rather than, say, the dwarves of northern European legends... is that racist if the dwarves in the books aren't evil? At all?

R74 You're an idiot.

He liked the Jews, and the Dwarves.

"Personally I should be inclined to refuse to give any Bestätigung [confirmation] (although it happens that I can), and let a German translation go hang. In any case I should object strongly to any such declaration appearing in print. I do not regard the (probable) absence of all Jewish blood as necessarily honourable; and I have many Jewish friends, and should regret giving any colour to the notion that I subscribed to the wholly pernicious and unscientific race-doctrine."

"My name is Tolkien, anglicized from To(l)kiehn = tollkühn, and came from Saxony in the 18th century. It is not Jewish in origin, though I should consider it an honour if it were."

my fave movie in long time

hoult is amazingly great.

run don't walk to see this movie, if ur a romantic or fan of hoult or Tolkien or....just run

This was directed by the guy who did the "Tom of Finland" movie...really

Stuffy and unremarkable.

I saw it today. Though Tolkien’s WWI service was commendable, they didn’t focus on that. His accomplishments at Oxford are notable. But I think his personal life was too ordinary for a movie.

alas, one must have heart n soul to get this lovely film....

r82, I think you're confusing an uninspired biopic with a movie masterpiece

I saw Tolkien yesterday and quite enjoyed it. I'm glad I ignored the generally lukewarm reviews. It's a slow and quiet movie (except for the Battle of the Somme sequences) but the life of a young scholar/bookworm and budding philologist is unlikely to generate much screen excitement. Harry Gilby who plays the boy Tolkien shares a striking resemblance with Nicholas Hoult. The other child to adult transitions are less convincing e.g. the Edith Bratt of Mimi Keene into Lily Collins.

Tolkien’s son just died:

I thought it was a solid movie.

love nick, hot/ smart/ elusive but with that wisp of elegance one wants in a STAR