Comparing The Rings of Power's Failed Battle to a Better One

Start your free month of great cinema at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: A critical analysis of narrative momentum in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. 0:00 The Rings of Power has a Problem 1:41 The Anatomy of a Battle Scene 3:34 Messing up the Rhythm 5:21 Fixing the Attack on the Southlands 6:57 Creating that Moment of Impact 8:49 The Problem of Staging 11:22 The Importance of Properly Conveying Information 13:03 Adding Motivation to Establish Urgency 14:23 The Benefit of Hindsight 15:19 What Should The Rings of Power Be? Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-rings-of-power-has-a-narrative-momentum-problem Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Tony Anderson – Debris Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm Jesse Brown and Katharine Petkovski – Embers at Dawn Sleeping Horses – There are no Facts, Only Interpretations Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252