Tolkien tells the story of the writers formative years and the friendships during college and onwards into the first world war. I was already aware that some of the mythology of the Lord of the Rings was based on his wartime experience. I guess most writers base their novels on their lifetime experience to some extent.
Tolkien forms a close bond with his friends at college and the movie plays out their relationships and experiences going forward. The movie shows Tolkien imagining scenes from his books during battle sequences. This doesn't really feel true to me. I wouldn't say the film was bad, but I couldn't really see the point of it either. As mentioned it was already common knowledge that the war influenced some of his books and I can't really see why we need to go further than that.
Tolkien forms a close bond with his friends at college and the movie plays out their relationships and experiences going forward. The movie shows Tolkien imagining scenes from his books during battle sequences. This doesn't really feel true to me. I wouldn't say the film was bad, but I couldn't really see the point of it either. As mentioned it was already common knowledge that the war influenced some of his books and I can't really see why we need to go further than that.