The Lord of all Farts, is a brand new edit of the popular Lord of the Rings trilogy, and is an effort by the creator, 'gwizie' to bring the grandiose rumblings of the big screen to a short and sweet five minutes of sheer pleasure.
As with all re-edits, some liberties have been taken with the storyline. In order to keep viewers in the know, the video is subtitled with cue cards, that re-tell the epic storyline so it might fit into it's shorter running time. The storyline follows the traditional fantasy fare, keeping alongside the lines of Todorov's theory of balance and equilibrium.
The video opens with an epic score composed by Howard Shore. As the low ebb of the cello's draw you into where the sun no longer shines (after the Shire is pillaged by Orcs) we hear two hobbits whispering, creating a vastly epic atmosphere that chills you to the bone. "A foul stench plagues the land" hovers a caption, and indeed this is the unsurmountable force that these mere hobbits must battle against.
As the score escalates, so does the tension. "A pressure builds" the video threatens, keeping the viewer just on the edge of their seat, leaning forward in a desperate effort to relieve the tension. All of this leads to a shocking scene, visceraly and aurally thrilling as in a gloomy forest, one of the hobbits experiences this shocking force for themselves.
The video goes on, and the power that threatens these innocent people increases in strength, dominating the senses like a World War Two nerve gas. The video does a fantastic job of building atmosphere, with the edits smooth and natural, never feeling as if the scene has been cut too soon.
Of particular note is the simply superb display of talent on offer from the thespians. The reactions and physical awareness of this silent but violent enemy remain believeable throughout, and in some cases it is generally shocking and heartbreaking to see how the evil affects and contort's the character's bodies, notably their faces. There are certainly some career making performances here.
A brilliant example of how the re-edit can bring cinema to a completely new audience, this video is certainly one that you deserve to treat yourself to. Just make sure you aren't sitting on a plastic chair, otherwise the video might have an overpowering result upon you.
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