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Summary: AMAZING. CHECK IT OUT!!!
Review: THE MERITS:1) Perfect casting;
2) Breathtaking special effects used to enhance the great plot, and not to disguise the lack of one!!;
3) Best adaptation from a book ever, even taking account of the necessary changes.
4) Artistic viability and commercial viability of the project walk hand on hand;
5) Reverence and honesty to Tolkien and its fans, without lacking efforts to introduce the movie also to laymen in Tolkien's terms (as the introductory sequence proves)
6)Perfect costume design;
7) Perfect cinematrography;
8) Passionate direction; The flaws: None. I think producers of things like MI2 and Planet of the Apes should see this movie to learn how to shoot a real adventure / action film...
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Summary: Brilliant portrait of an awsome adventure
Review: Ofcourse the fact is that the experience of reading the books and seeing it displayed on screen, is never the same expwrience. Yet this film is great! The animations are realistic and scenaries bautifull and impressive. The combinations between makeup, masks, outfits and computeranimated is soft and unnotized. An example is the fight against the cava-troll, I couldn't have imagened it better ! So thumbs up !
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Summary: ONE WORD: PERFECTION!!!
Review: Peter Jackson clearly made the best possible movie using Tolkien's work. He worked with joy and dedication, as all the cast did. The reverence and respect for Tolkien's work is clear in every frame of the picture. The cinematography is outstanding, the few changes made to translate the book to screen were not violent and frustrating, the somewhat added Hollywoodian melodramtic scenes fit into the context.
I only feel sorrow for having to wait one year to watch THe Two Towers.. I would gadly spent nine hours sitting in the theater to watch the three movies in a row, no trouble at all!! Then I would buy the DVD with the three movies and all the extra scenes tha must exist!!! I read the books before, but I'm not a Tolkien worshipper or an avid RPG player. I liked the movie by what it is: simply, the best ever fantasy movie.
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Summary: Magic Lives Again
Review: Those film-makers responsible for 'Fellowship of the Ring' have cast down the gauntlet of integrity to all their peers in the cinematic world, and it's about time. Forget George Lucas and his embarrassing indifference to a mass audience that DOES crave a powerful story as much as it craves grandeur in special effects. 'Fellowship' is a transcendent film because it is infused with soul and spirit, and it utilizes the best tools that technical creativity in modern film can provide. But here, the effects serve the story and its human performances, not vice versa. 'Fellowship' grips the heart, the mind, the eyes, and the being. It is a universal tale of the highest moral and visual order. It is the tale of diverse peoples gathering, not to wage war upon each other, but upon Evil itself. Every performance is stellar and each role is cast to perfection. I challenge anyone not to be moved by the first laughing glimpse of chemistry and camaraderie between Elijah Wood's Frodo and Ian McKellan's Gandalf as the old wizard wheels his rickety way into the Shire. I challenge anyone not to be terrified in the pit of their soul at the mere thought of the simple, unimaginably evil ring, and likewise by the Nazgul Black Riders as they close in on their prey like devils in a dream. I challenge anyone not to hold their breath during the battle between Saruman and Gandalf, and involuntarily exhale that same breath to marvel at its spiraling result. I challenge anyone not to feel their own spirits rise as the Fellowship makes its stand against the orcs and their troll in the chamber at Moria. I challenge anyone not to feel the triumph of Gandalf's quaking power against the Balrog turn in the next instant to utter heartbreak. I challenge anyone with a soul not to be affected by the doubt and fear and final perseverance of the unlikely Frodo and Sam. This is a film, my friends. This is a tale to remember and to cherish as long as we are human. Let us do ourselves a favor and together make it one of the sacred treasures of our increasingly diverse, global "culture."
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Summary: Dazzling, heartbreaking movie
Review: I am amazed that anyone would not like this movie. Visually, it is the most beautiful movie I have ever seen. The casting is impeccable and the acting inspiring. Watching the movie, you experience a range of emotions including terror, awe, laughter, pity, and joy. The direction and cimematography are amazingly varied, creative, and experimental, while the plot and music are straight-ahead old-fashioned story-telling. Perhaps the cliffhanger ending might be counted as a flaw, but not in my opinion. After all, you can always read the book if you can't wait a year!
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Summary: Not very original.
Review: Since there is so much interest in Tolkien and his Rings books, I thought this would have some important content. Wrong. The story seems to be largely derivative, taking themes and ideas from a variety of classic literature: Homer's Odessy, the Arthurian legends, the Biblical book of Ezekiel, etc. There wasn't even a clear reason for ending the first movie of the series where it did. Perhaps if the movie does not closely follow Tolkien the books might be better. As a movie, the action scenes are repetitive and dull, despite the excessively graphic carnage. The female characters are few and shallowly characterized, and the significance of the different groups of beings and their characteristics unclear, despite some explicit statements. Was it worth the price of admission? Yes, but it wasn't the exciting cinema I was expecting.
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Summary: The One Movie...In the darkness bound me.
Review: I rated this movie 4 stars initially (I was also #208) but after seeing it 5 more times (10 times total)I want to re-rate this movie to 5 stars. It clearly raises the bar on what kind of movies I wish Hollywood to make & show in the future. As a movie goer in my 40's, I've seen way too many junky movies to ever want to go another one. Consequently, I was prepared for the worst with LOTRs and was presented with the best. So in the hopes there is someone reading our reviews and passing this on to the "powers that be", I'd like to submit the things that over the course of 10 viewings have me still planning to return for an 11th. First off, the good stuff: 1. The close bond the cast developed over the long filming of this project is clearly evident in their performance together. The fellowship is not just a word for the 9 who acted out their characters. Indeed, the tattoos they received at the close of the filming shows their commitment to each other as friends. 2. Casting: EXCELLENT! Frodo, Gandalf, the Hobbits, the noble Legolas...all suburb! During my next reading of the trilogy, their faces will be there! 3. Makeup & costume: loved those ears and feet. And the Hobbit's hair and all the flowing capes and Gandalf's rustic robe and all that great long hair...just like I imagined it. The hobbits were kinda skinny, though, for how often they are supposed to be eating! 4. Soundtrack: WONDERFUL!!! As a music major and teacher, I always pay close attention to how the music helps tell the story. My favorite part was how the theme music for the fellowhip played throughout in it's various motifs, from sounding majestic and noble in the slo-mo closeup of the fellowship crossing over the hills, to Frodo's and Aragon's ride across the chasm caused by the collapsing bridge. Thrilling! Then there were the savage drums played in the scenes with Saruman and the Uruk-hai to the heartbreaking song softly sung as the Fellowship runs from the mines leaving Gandalf's fate unknown. Truly the stuff that makes a story more thrilling to the listener! 5. Favorite warrior in the Fellowship: no contest - Legolas Greenleaf. That elf is some archer! I'm not one for the gore of Aragorn's beheadings, but how about the way Legolas rapid fires his never empty quiver of bows into the Uruk-hai never missing, and once taking out 2 with a single arrow. Not in the book but Whoooo-hoo! Still exciting!!! 6. Length of movie: Well, it's 3 hours long and I've seen it 10 times already...so I've already invested 30 hours into this movie! Not to mention the tickets, popcorn and sodas. Hey, I'm one of those people who could watch this one until the Two Towers comes out in December 2002! The bad stuff: Alas there is a tad... 1. TOO VIOLENT FOR IT'S RATING!!! Way too many young kids were there without parents!! I've watched kids hide under the seats and sometimes even screaming out not in surprise but in sheer terror. Rethink TT and RotK. Young children watching other young-looking "kids" (aka the Hobbits) being chased by screeching, black horsemen while the grandfather figure has abandoned them...ooo. Too much! 2. TOOOOOOOO LOOOOOUD!!! I have to wear earplugs so I can hear when I leave the theatre. And epecially those Ringwraiths...Man! Have you guys ever put a dB meter on those guys? 3. Consider an intermission for a bathroom break. Some of the movie I have only seen 9 times! 4. Casting - only one I couldn't get used to was Hugo Weaving as Elrond. I always envisoned him as noble and strong, though jaded by what he has seen. But I can't get bad guy Agent Smith out of my head...but more important still, his speech to the council was over done and quite "Shatner-esque", if you get my meaning. 5. The not-so-special special effects...really guys...some of the CG overlays, well, YOU KNOW what I mean. The Hobbits keep changing size, lips (or beards) don't move in sync with the dialog, the glow around Frodo or the Hobbits when they are being injected into the scene, cuts between scenes that don't match up, and Hobbits that are often child extras. Messes with the mind! If Gary Sinese had no legs in Forrest Gump, I know you can work this out! 6. Did I mention the movie is too violent for young children? WAY, WAY too violent! If they really want to see it, wait for the DVD...you can monitor content better and also protect their hearing!!! All in all, this is a monumental film. I was there for the premire of Star Wars in the Summer of 76. Indeed, the first SW trilogy was awesome for it's day. Not since then have I been so entertained at such a high level. Long after the dust settles from the final movie we'll be talking about how it changed the film industry, and every person who Tolkein had never reached through the written word.
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Summary: The Greatest Fantasy Film I've Ever Seen
Review: First of all, before I start blabbing on in technical talk, this is the greatest film I have ever seen; period. And, yes I have read the book, so I'm probably the first guy to give it the BIG FIVE (After reading the book). I don't care who you are, even Adolf Hitler, you will understand something in this movie. Many will say either that it is lacking special effects or does not seem interesting. They are wrong. While it may have fewer special effects than other of 2001's cheesy films, it still has many, and what it lacks in that, Tolkien's imagination makes it up. People who say it is not iteresting are ones who doe not understand the wonderful stroyline or fantasy attributs. It is about freindship and fellowship, as you'll find in the end. Here are the rating... Six Stars means perfect. Sound/Music-*****
It is colorful and majestic, adventurous, and lively.
Story-*****
Although it greatly differs from the book, it is unique and understandable. Acting-******
Eijah Wood and Ian McKellen made a great team, thanks to the director.
Backround/Effects-*****
The beautiful backrounds are beleivable and the special effects are magnificent, when used.
Overall-********************************************************
Lol, you could'nt ask for a better movie this Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa
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Summary: If you dont mind a long movie, go see this
Review: When i went to see this movie i thought that most of the scenes would be stretched out, and the movie would be too long.I was completly wrong in every possible way.Go see this movie.Here are the pros and the cons. Pros:1.-amazing cast including Elijah Wood, Sir Ian Mclellan, Sir Ian Holm, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, and Liv Tyler
2.-great plot develpoments
3.-no scene is stretched out, everything stays in porportion and is always exiting
4.-though the movie is 3 hours, the exitement and adventure makes it fly by cons1.-if you have young children, some parts may be too scary for them This is one of the ten best movies of 2001, it is exiting, fun and has a great cast,i sugest if you liked the book, any of the actors or actresses, or just want to see an amazing movie, i suggest this is the one that you see
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Summary: The Work Of A Genius!
Review: This movie is probably the most captivating movie of all time making it one of the best movies ever made.I will admit that I am a huge Harry Potter fan but Lord of the Rings wins hands down.Even at 2 and a half hours long there is not a single dull moment.Elijah Wood was amazing!This is one of the best movies of all time based on the best book of all time!
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