A s the foundation upon which practically all forms of high fantasy were written, The Lord of the Rings franchise has some ...

and the Balrog takes him down. Gandalf’s a slow burn of power, setting him up nicely here before he hits bigger heights. Galadriel, the elf queen of Lothlórien, glows in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring,’ ...

Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films omitted fascinating book characters like Tom Bombadil, Glorfindel, and Prince ...