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Summary: This is a great movie!
Review: I saw this movie twice because it was so good! Eventhough I have never read the book, I still think that the movie should get some credit, whether it is faithful or not to the book. It has a nice feel to it and the effects are not too overdone. Being a girl, I appriciate the movie having as little blood as possible. The movie is a little long, but it is worth it. I would advise people to go see the movie but to leave their children under ten at home.
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Summary: One of the Best Movies I've Ever Seen
Review: I saw this twice in the first three nights it was out. I've always loved the books, and was worried that Hollywood might ruin something good, as it has the potential to do. The Fellowship of the Ring is one of the best book-to-movie transitions I've ever seen. The casting is phenomenal, as are many performances; the audience I saw it with cheered at the end. Highly recommended.
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Summary: maybe i'm jaded
Review: I say this because i love the genre/formula that tolkein was in large part responsible for creating.At the time this was written it was probably epic in it's imagination but the formula has been vastly improved since then.
epic trilogies like "THE DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES" or "THE RIFTWAR SAGA" far outshine this stale and tired story.
By today's standards this story lacks imagination, the quest is far to linear and the charachters are one dimensional.
It's like playing pong on your playstation 2.
as far as the screen adaptation is concerned......I tried to like it and towards about the last half hour i'll admit i started to get into it.......but the movie was more than a half hour wasn't it!?
the movie is done well the producer/directors did a great job of breathing life into tolkeins characters...
the story is just not that interesting. it is worth a viewing and it is one of a very few "FANTASY" novel to movie adaptations.
i believe the only good that will come from this film is that the myriad of people that scoffed at the fantasy genre or made fun of people who played dungeons and dragons might become open minded (but then again i am a realist).i know a few of you(and you know who you are) saw this....there are not enough of us nerds out there to support the kind of money this film has generated.
watch the movie, if you are new to this genre you will probably love this film.if you are not new then you will probably think this movie is long but worth the rental.
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Summary: Simply the best ever.
Review: I say this with all sincerity: this is the best DVD ever made.
Watching this extended edition of the film is like going from TV to full theatrical wide-screen-- there's just more there, sometimes just a detail, other times a whole plot-point.But given the mastery displayed in the theatrical release, it could only be expected that an extended edition would make a good thing better. The real victory here is in the documentaries and additional material. These are the best documentary pieces I've seen on a DVD. Best of all, the documentaries aren't 'dumbed-down'-- these are some (some? they go on forever!) smart, well-articulated interviews with the makers of the film. And they make this box-set soar!
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Summary: i don't get it
Review: I see a few people saying this is a bad movie. Well if you didn't read the book or didn't understand the book, i could see that. I think Jackson is a genius. This movie is exactly how i pictured it while i read it. He leaves out some uneeded characters such as Bombadil, who in my opinion was a tad annoying. The Special effects were great, not like you can have relasitic lookin magic done by someone throwing glitter into the air. ACting was very good, not Al pacino in godfather good... but great nonetheless. It is now my favorite movie, passin Return of the Jedi, Last of the Mohicans, Ocean's 11 (the rat pack version), Laurance of Arabia etc. I am a huge fan of books to movies when the director follows the books and doens't change much. My father who is a avid Tolkien fan... said he thought the movie was unbielievably good. And what people need to remember is its a story a true trilogy , nothing like Star Wars that has ending each one. This is made like a book is.
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Summary: Whats With All The Hype?
Review: I seriously do not see what the hype about this movie is.It is horrible.When I saw it at the movies,I had to leave within the first hour.It's that bad.And what's with the time this movie lasts.3 hours!! Movies like this are not supposed to last 3 hours.It's okay for biography movies and stuff to last for 3 hours,but with these types of movies,it is just ridiculous.This movie is a very boring one.There is not even one interesting moment about this movie.Do not see it.It does nothing for you except take away 3 hours of your life. Peace Out.
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Summary: so what?
Review: I should admit, first, that I have not read the books, and so I am probably not the audience the film is aimed at, although I do read primarily science fiction and fantasy and have for years. I really wanted to like the movie - went into the theater trying to like it - but I didn't have any emotional ties with the characters at all, and after a while, I frankly stopped caring what happened to them. I don't know why I didn't like it. By all appearances I really should have, but I felt, at the end, that I had seen a movie where nothing happened. No resolution was reached by the characters, there weren't many shifts in the characters' relationships - there weren't any secrets, no real twists - everything was just out there on the table. No suspense at all; they seemed to just be walking around Middle Earth for three hours. I guess you have to have read the books, but I'm really wondering what all the fuss is about
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Summary: Delightful!
Review: I should begin with the warning that I thought "The Fellowship of the Ring" was the finest movie I'd seen in many years. I grabbed the video as soon as it was released (using the excuse that my 15 year old son wanted it).
I did the same thing with this longer version -- and am not the least disappointed. Still no Tom Bombadill, but we were treated to a longer opening depiction of the Shire, to brief important conversations between various of the Elves and Aragorn, to a more complete cataloging of Galadriel's gifts to the Fellowship, and to other insightful additions, ranging from added lines to added scenes.
The longer version takes the film one step closer to the books, and does much to round out the characters, motivation, and action of the film. Definitely a worthwhile purchase!
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Summary: Movie of the Year?
Review: I should confess at the beginning that as a child of nine I read The Lord of the Rings. My aunt read The Hobbit to me when I was six or so, and then introduced me to Tolkien's longer work some years later. I loved the book as a child, and as an adult have returned from time to time to this bit of "comfort literature" in which a grown-up can certainly find new things. I had expected to be disappointed with Peter Jackson's film, not because I am some sort of Tolkien purist, but because as I get older and know more of the world, it seems harder to find real wonder in film. The first Star Wars movies created the contemporary notion of the "blockbuster," spawning summer after summer of over-hyped junkfood cinema. For every Raiders of the Lost Ark there are dozens of films like Independence Day, Tomb Raider, and Armageddon that promise the world and deliver an empty experience. During the five minute prologue, which explains the history of the Ring, I feared endless esoteric exposition and tedium. My concerns were misplaced. The opening scenes with Ian McKellen and Ian Holm are touching and immersive; one feels one is seeing old friends reunited in some fantastic world. Rings only got better after that, revealing itself to be one of the most impressive bits of movie-making I have ever seen. The film reminds me of some of the great epics and adventure movies of the past, flicks like Star Wars, King Kong, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Lawrence of Arabia. Virtually everything about the film works very well: acting, cinematography, special effects, and editing all serve the story and the development of the characters. Nothing is wasted, and one cannot help but be impressed with Jackson's work on Rings. Jackson has gone to extraordinary lengths to faithfully adapt the book while creating an excellent film, and all the major themes from the novel are there. He should be applauded for this, not picked to pieces. I am annoyed by Tolkien fundamentalists who seem to think that every word written in Rings is somehow sacred; they should be very thankful that Jackson has made the changes that he did, changes that are faithful to the complexities of the story yet create a very effective movie. I suggest that Tolkien purists not see the film if the changes will bother them.
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Summary: Great Film
Review: I simply couldn't wait for the four DVD version so I got this to tide me over and I do not regret it. Honestly, I left the theatre thinking the movie was fine, not great, but fine. Having watched this DVD three times through now, and twice through all of the extra material, I appreciate it much more. There are changes from the book, which I just reread, but there is very little to complain about, it seems to me. Yes, there is some bowing to the pressure of the modern audience (more romance, more prominence to the female characters), but it is no more than you can expect given the realities of justifying hundreds of millions of dollars to produce these films. It's getting near the time when the four DVD set will be out, and if you're going to buy that, then just bite the bullet and wait. Otherwise pick up this version, there is plenty to keep you content until the Two Towers hits theatres, and we'll still be watching these films decades from now.
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