Tolkien - The Father of Fantasy Documentary

To mark the 49th anniversary of the passing of J.R.R. Tolkien and celebrate the new Lord of the Rings series we enlisted the help of an expert, In Deep Geek to produce this video. In Deep Geek provides analysis and breakdowns of The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, The Witcher and much more. Please head over and subscribe. https://youtu.be/1jeB6v34img Lastly please keep a look out for the extra special ending. You won't be disappointed.

Good overview of a great man I've admired since I was a child. When I was a teenager, I wrote to Christopher Tolkien a thank-you for his work on The Silmarillion, and to my astonishment received a short but beautiful handwritten reply, thanking me for my letter. It's one of my most treasured possessions.

Great video. These books mean so much to me. I am severely dyslexic and couldn't even read The Cat In The Hat at the age of 8. My teachers scolded me for being lazy or stupid. There was talk of me being held back a year - being left behind my friends scared me. I hated books, words, grammar. We hates them! But my dad said if I couldn't read; he'd read for me. So he read me LOTR at bedtime for weeks. It was the most magical, wonderful thing. The words (which up until now were my sworn enemy) conjured living worlds in my minds eye. I wanted this power. I swore then that I would learn to read. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. Damn you Tolkien for Saruman, Sauron, Aragorn, Arathorn, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur and so on. But I persisted. First a graphic novel of The Hobbit, then The Hobbit unabridged, then LOTR. Tolkien's world kept me going. By the time Frodo got back to Bag End I felt like I'd walked to Mordor & back again myself! Thank you, J.R.R. Tolkien. You gave me the gift of reading. Opened up the world of academia. Gave me a infinitely better life.

Tolkien and Lewis swore to make cool fantasy stories. And they did. Timeless and classic. Mad respect.

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater” J.R.R. Tolkien

The first time I ever learned about J.R.R Tolkien was when I was a kid in Nigeria in 2004. My dad bought a DVD of Lord of the Rings for me and my siblings to watch after he watched it during his trips abroad. We loved it, especially me as a young boy. I even loved the Hobbit movies when they came out decades later. It was only when I emigrated to Canada that I was able to buy the actual LotR books, including the Hobbit, and read them finally. Truly beautiful works of fiction😌 Because of Tolkien, I was able to discover other great fantasy authors and books like Robert E. Howard, Brandon Sanderson etc. Also,I had no idea Tolkien was an African! A son of the soil😯

The fact it was never meant to be an allegory contemporary to Tolkien’s time, is precisely why the tales are timeless. They speak to a deeper side of the human psyche that goes beyond current day to day concerns. But a side that craves tales of wonder and adventure, tales that make us laugh and cry. And most importantly (at least to me) are an escape from the world outside into a world created inside your mind by simple words on page. Well that’s my opinion for whatever it’s worth. Great documentary!

I discovered Tolkien in the sixth grade, I'm now 47 and I still enjoy his works today.

Magnificent in every detail. Tolkien's books are nothing short of monolithic masterpieces. I first read them when I was twenty and they were and still are the best pieces of literature I have ever read.

The older and wiser I become, I see Tolkien more as a historian than a spinner of tales.

"The Hobbit" and "The Lord Of The Rings" are two of the most cherished parts of my literary collection, as well as my DVD collection. I often revisit them when there is a need for some calmness and simplicity for a while. I hope future generations will appreciate them as I do. I think they will. And, of course, Professor Tolkien should have been awarded the Nobel Literature Prize, he stands alone in the hearts of may for his creations and his point of view.

Tolkien died in 1973. In reverse that's 3791. 3 Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, 7 for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, 9 for Mortal Men doomed to die, 1 for the Dark Lord on his dark throne...

If it wasn’t for J.R.R. Tolkien, then what we know as fantasy fiction, would be nothing more than a collection of myths, legends, and stories from various cultures in the UK. He’s not just one of the greatest fantasy writers whose ever lived, he’s one of the greatest writers who’s ever lived, period. And Yes, he DID deserve that Nobel Prize In Literature.

Tolkien’s writing of the Hobbit saved my life as a very confused young man in the sixties. Thanks JR

As an admitted Tolkien geek (who raised two Tolkien geek kids to adulthood; it was my daughter who sent our family the link to this documentary), I am surprised that upon watching this that I learned a few more things I didn't know before about Tolkien. Well done!

This documentary brought tears to my eyes. An absolute genius, yet so humble. The ultimate teller of tales.

As a child I read his books and was in awe of his writing...and to this day I still stand in awe as do my children and grandchildren of this great writer...from the bottom of my heart I thank him for all that he has given to my family

I am so glad I ran across this documentary, I am obsessed with all his work, from poems to middle earth and everything in between! He was a literary genius and a master at fiction writing!

I came across The Hobbit at the library when I was 16. It was a very low time of my life and I was able to escape some of it in this first story. I was happy to find The Lord of the Rings soon after. Over the years I have gone back to reread all of Tolkien's books. They are truly classics.

I was listening to the Return of the King audiobook for the first time today, and at the end of the chapter "Ride of the Rohirrim" I literally had to pull over I was so moved.