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Summary: Couldn't wait to get it
Review: I was going to wait for the extended version which is coming out in November, but I just couldn't wait. Fantastic transfer and sound. The movie is awesome. The special featurettes were a little repetitive, using the same interviews for different specials. I was disappointed there wan't an audio commentary but maybe it will be included in the upcoming extended edition.
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Summary: Words cannot describe...
Review: I was initially reluctant to see this movie. I am somewhat ashamed now to admit that I was a Tolkien non-believer. Well, my friend convinced me to see the movie with him, and I was simply floored. I fell in love with the story, the settings, the beautiful languages, and one other thing...Legolas. Orlando Bloom, the actor who played the elf Legolas, was mezmerizing and, in my opinion, stole the movie. I cannot wait to see the movie again, and I'm so impatient for the DVD to come out, so I can see 40 more minutes of this fantastic, beautiful, moving film. This is not a film you can be allowed to miss.
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Summary: A New Fan
Review: I was just slightly familiar with Tolkien and his writings. My only knowlege of Middle Earth came from the cartoon version of
"The Hobbit", and I found that film un-watchable. However, I knew there was a huge fan base for Tolkien and his stories of the rings, so when the movie was released, last year, I wasn't surprised by the incredible box office results, but I had no interest in seeing it.When it was released on DVD it was sans DTS, which is important to me. It usually indicates that another version, especially of such a blockbuster will be re-released, with dts, at a later date. However, my daughter purchased a copy and loaned it to me to watch. I was absolutely blown away. I probably watched it four times in one week. It immediatly went on my top ten of all time. Now this. Re-released with never before seen footage AND DTS 6.1 ES. The sound is as good as any DVD that's ever been released. Heaven. The movie is longer but what an epic. The additional scenes add to the movie as opposed to just extra "stuff." It's interesting to see all the influences this story has had on previous films, especially George Lucas and his Star Wars sagas, which, it appears to me, have become special effects displays.
George Lucas is no Tolkien or even a Jackson ( that's Peter not Michael.) If you've seen it and liked it than this version is a must. I can't wait for the "Two Towers".
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Summary: The best movie in the Universe!
Review: I was left speechless and in awe. I had just completed the beautiful, marvellous book by J.R.R Tolkien when I saw Lord of the Rings 1 and there are no words to describe it and give it justice. I am in love with Elijah Wood whose acting was superb. Such as was the rest of the cast. I am saying this from the point of view of someone who has rea dit and also a child. When they say it isn't fr under 8's they really mean it. There are some pertrifying parts including Black Riders and Mines of Moria. I cried several times through this fantastic film and for good reason. I am seeing it for a third time very soon and the otehr two tiems I saw it, not one bit of charm was lost. I'm gabbling because I lovd it s much. It keeps very close to the book and Sam and Frodo's bond is not lsot, if any fans are worrying. There is some beautiful, heart-breaking, mind-blowing, brain-boggling, truly amazing work here and every actor/actress slips into their role like a glove and you'd never be able to tell the difference. But don't belive me, please, go and see it for yourself and be totally amazed. I reccomend it to people who like fantasy and for people over 10. Younger children would not find this enjoyable and may get lost in some of the plot. And, do me a favour, remember the names! Most of my friends could not remember a single one. But it is the best movie in the entire universe, I promise you!
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Summary: An Amusing Thought (MASTERPEICE)
Review: I was looking through the reviews and saw that this person Would make a good book..., July 23, 2002
Reviewer: xaxx from Ridgewood, NJ
Did not know it was a book !!!!! How old is this man!I feel sorry for him because people who read his review probably thought he was so idiotic no one should tell him but I am Honey, It is a book and has been a book For a VERY LONG TIME!And 1 more thing I saw A grown man who wrote a reveiw that said he was scared of the hobbit!A little hairy man!God how immature can you be!!?Get over it before you have kids!Thankyou.
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Summary: Saw it in L.A. Thursday night, wasn't too disappointed
Review: I was lucky enough to see the media release on Dec 6, and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the film. I am a huge fan of Tolkien, and refused to see the animated LOTR all those years ago because I thought a cartoon could not do the film justice. So it was with mixed feelings that I went along to see the film of the book that I have to say changed my life when I read it at the age of 11. Was it good? Yes.
Was it as good as the book? No.
Would I see it again? Absolutely. Positive comments: The cinematography is excellent, the locations are excellent, the special effects are incredible (especially the fight scene on the bridge in Moria). It is obvious Peter Jackson is a big fan. Negative comments: There are a few corny Americanized comments from the characters; Gimli's last words in the film should be edited out! Obviously done to keep the interest of those (few) who have not read the book. Arwen is a little too heroic, but not as bad as I feared. The film is too short! I felt hurried as I watched the epic, there were whole sections from Lothlorien missed out, and the storyline has been changed in places to fit into a 2.45 hour format. My biggest regret: more of the original dialogue from the book should have been included. Too many times the characters spout sentences that were not written by Tolkien, and JRRT's wonderful descriptions of the woods and vales are sadly missing. Still, the director has made a magnificent attempt to bring the majesty and wonder of the book to the screen. It is impossible to fully include everything from the book, and I think he has done well. I would definately recommend the film; I took my wife who has not read any of Tolkien and is not a fantasy fan, and she enjoyed it. I myself got goosebumps watching the film as all the memories came flooding back. Brent
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Summary: Way Too Cool
Review: I was never one who could get into the LOTR books and when the movie was released it held no interest for me to go. But I kept hearing such great things about the movie from two friends (thanks Jon and Becca). ...and I have to admit, the previews seemed pretty good. Last holiday season (2002), I did purchase the platinum series for my partner as a gift. I can't even begin to say how much we liked it. It is long - but it doesn't seem so. The 3+ hrs flew by and we were disappointed when it was over. We wanted to see more. ...and a lot more there is in this version. Maybe almost too much. It's a bit overwhelming. Looking forward to the 'Two Towers' coming out later this year - and the final movie at the theatres shortly thereafter. note: i have friends of friends who got this for their kids (who are both under 6yo). I'm not sure this is for them. Nothing horrible - but that young might give them baaaaad dreams.
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Summary: Pretty good stuff
Review: I was not disappointed by the film and it lived up to my expectations (which, after waiting over a year to see it, says a lot). It is well directed, well acted, and generally just well done. It is not a perfect film, but considering the difficulty of the written material and the loyalty of the fans, I cannot (realistically speaking) envision a better adaptation of the written story. After the film, I was not falling all over myself with utter adoration for the film, but I am very pleased with the job all those involved have done with it. I cannot say more than that until I have seen all three films, considering that it is one story in three-parts (written as such and filmed as such). Here's to another long year of waiting!
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Summary: A heretic recants
Review: I was not especially taken with Peter Jackson's films, but was sufficiently intrigued by them to read the story, and wasn't especially swayed by that either - Tolkein's masterwork is a heavily over-written linear, episodic chaser providing the context for a devoutly catholic (and therefore fairly block-headed) rumination on good and evil - the sort of thing you don't see too often in these post modern times (and three cheers for that). What did impress me, though, was Tolkien's complete universe of Middle Earth, with its different languages, cultures, history, literature and mythology. This is a collossal feat of imagination and erudition, and to my mind far outstrips the value of the stories which, as I said, I found for the most part pretty dull. Having wathced the extended edition DVD has opened my eyes to Peter Jackson's equivalent achievement - not through a re-watching of the film (although the additional half-hour is a marked improvment), but by watching the two "appendix" discs dealing with the making of the movie. To say Jackson and his team (especially the Weta Workshop) have an loving eye for detail is to massively understate the efforts they went to to visualise Tolkien's middle earth. No detail was spared, and the pity is that (rather like the books) much of the effort, skill, wit and invention will go totally unnoticed by the cinema-going public: the metalwork and engraving on the elven swords, the cultural motifs embedded into the design of the various creatures' weapons, the architecture of the various cities, even the fact that one poor soul at Weta spent three years and 12 miles of plastic pipe handmaking chain-mail just so the dwarves' and hobbits' armour looked convincing. Utterly amazing, and it gives me a new-found respect for the films - this is a labour of love as opposed to a reinterpretation, and on that level it is an overwhelming triumph.
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Summary: LOVED IT!
Review: I was one of a few who missed THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS at the theatres, as I didn't know if I'd be interested. Although I knew about the books, I was never interested in reading them also. I actually didn't see the film until it was released on DVD (the non-extended version). I borrowed it from a friend. I sat through it and boy was I ever shocked. When the movie ended, I felt almost embarrassed because I actually got up in my living room, by myself, and clapped. I could not believe that I missed this at the theatres where the impact would have been much greater. I raved to everyone about how great this movie was - of course, they already had seen it. So I felt behind the times. I could not wait until the release of the Extended version on DVD, which I now own. I learned my lesson and will listen to my friends on movies like this. Bottom line - just watch this and enjoy yourself. Cheers to everyone involved with the making of this movie.
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