Hobbitmania

I've already seen it and incase you wonder if it's good I have to answer yes. You have another good film in The hobbit 3 but not a masterpiece like The two towers or The return of the king. You're hearing it loud and clear, a fan of  The Lord of the Rings criticizing the hobbit films. As I see it the hobbit saga is much more focused on the special effects made by computer instead of the old fashioned handcrafted ones used on the previous trilogy. As you may notice I'm a very old fashioned guy in this aspect and I really value the work of the people that search for the scenaries or the people that made the swords and the make up etc... And in my opinion that was the thing that made the difference in the lord of the rings, by removing it the only thing that they've achieved is to make me wonder if they've sold their soul to the market in order to get a few more views or if they were doing the things this ways because they had no choice. I really hope it's the second option.

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Freaking nervous

Yup the most relaxed and laidback person in the world it's actually under pressure (just to make sure; that person it's me). This is NOT one of my usual reviews but I needed to chill out a little bit.

Startng from the beginning (obviously) this week I've face more pressure than what I'm used to handle. I had to finish my portfolio (the easy part) and to hand out my project but one of my mates had a little memory lapse and didn't put the parts of the project together (he did it in time but so close to the deadline  I almost had a heart attack). That was the easiest part to manage now comes the real deal. I was training for the world karate championship (in the team category) when I found out thet my brother, who had almost left karate aside, had signed with the USA team (thing that we promised not to do since we were both born in Spain), but the issue doesn't end there we've both passed to quarterfinals and in a week or so we'll have to fight. A face to face! With my brother! And with our parents watching!. If anyone knows how to get out of this one nice and safe please say something.

Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Valerio it's not a very known author, but his work it's as good as any other in the hall of fame of fantastic literature. Mr.Manfredi isn't, as I said before, very known in the fantasy area and that is probably because he waks in the border of two major genres; the historic novel (In which he is very well known for his novel "The ides of march") and the fantasy novel ( In which he is little known because he is at the limit of the genre).

He has a very polished and very vivid way of writing, plus his knowledge as an historian. He is not like Paul Kearny, Paul uses aleternative worlds and makes enough metion of real historical facts to make you recognice them. Valerio it's the opposite of that, he uses myths and parts of history that are not very clear to add them the fantasy part that makes his novels so interesting.

This author has also a unique way of approaching his characters, he makes them more human and less mithological (like in the case of  Alexander the Great and Odiseus). He totally neglects the god part of the characters bringing them to a more human context, without stealing their epicness. 

I'll attach here some of  his work so you can read it if you want.

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