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Fantasy films tend to skew towards what Tolkien fantasy was, which is that the humans, the Hobbits and the cute creatures are the good guys, and everything that's ugly are the bad guys.

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Duncan Jones
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 30
Film Director
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Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones
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