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Summary: FOTR- A Success or a Failure?
Review: For those of us who read the books and loved them, there will be a few dissapointments. Arwen Evenstar really should not have had such a big part; and some find it a great offense that she took Glorifindels place when rescuing Frodo! Others feel that the movie is quite incomplete without the whole Old Forest/Tom Bombadil/Barrow Downs ordeal. And, the whole account at the beginning of the movie regarding the history of the ring is not quite accurate when compared to the book. However, we must remember that trying to capture the true essence of J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, is virtually impossible. If you wish to experience the enchantment the books offer, and the magical spell that the books cast, I would suggest reading the books themselves! It is crazy to expect one who does not know the mind of Tolkien to portray his thoughts quite accurately. I really do feel that an excellent job was done in capturing the characters looks and personalities! Also, the scenes were quite amazing! If you are concerned with the movie sticking to every detail in the books, you will not like the movie! However, if you wish to experience just a taste of Tolkien's world come alive, then this is the movie for you!
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Summary: One movie to rule them all!
Review: This movie has it all terrific actors, great action, a worthy cause and true friendship. Elijah Wood stands out as Frodo the Hobbit. Hobbits are the smallest creatures in middle earth and it is Frodo who takes on the quest to destroy an evil ring in order to save his world from domination. I've seen this movie in the double digits so you know I truly loved it. 2 more movies in the trilogy will be released over the next few years, I can't wait. Run don't walk to this movie, you'll never regret it!
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Summary: This is THE BEST!
Review: I LOVED this movie! I also LOVED the books. The plot is a bit confusing at first, but preety easy to understand. I usually do not like fantasy things, but this is not just fantasy! It is romance, action, comedy, drama, all rolled into one! Put awesome actors/actresses into the mix (i.e. Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, etc.) and you have the best movie of all time. And once the other two movies come out, the best trilogy of the entire universe! I really recommend this movie for everyone!
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Summary: New Zealand has never been a better place to live.
Review: If overseas audiences were excited over Lord of the Rings, you should have seen us New Zealanders. We were pretty much dancing in the streets when we weren't flocking to the movie theatres. There's no more 'New Zealand is such a boring place to live', we're now the most patriotic we've ever been since World War Two, as we ring out in praise of Peter Jackson and co.
And we have good reason to, as everyone everywhere seems to love/adore/worship this movie. Now everyone's heading back to the theatres to see the 5-10 minute preview of The Two Towers, and Peter Jackson's promised us that either the Two Towers, or Return of the King will be premiered right here in NZ.
Well I'll say what everyone else's been saying - great story, fantasic cast, wonderful costumes, incredible set design, awe-inspiring landscape, and WOW special effects. In everyone's opinions we didn't nearly pick up enough Oscars, especially in the catagories for screenplay and costume - (we had little old ladies knitting chain mail for goodness sake!) but there's two more to come, so we'll just hold out for them.
We've gone from the country that was the home of sheep to a place where we can look to the horizon and say - "Look! There's Mount Caradhras!" If you want to see it for yourself, come on over - we've never been in a better moood!
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Summary: THE MOST "ORIGINAL" EPIC EVER!
Review: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is a masteriece! It is, without a doubt, the best film ever made, or the best film made in the last ten years at least! Even with awesome visual effects and intense action and adventure, the film never loses the novel's emotional depth or scope. Captures the essence of the novel in spades! It has great characters that are played to perfection, and has a wonderful score that deserved it's Oscar. ... This film is DEFINITELY worth the time! All 178 Minutes of it! If you haven't seen it, then WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Grade: A+
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Summary: Amazing.
Review: I loved this movie so much, I went and saw it 12 times. Many people think I am obsessed, but I find it to be a movie that is good for anytime. I would like to say some constructive criticism.
First, Liv Tyler is entirely amatuer in this film. I didn't like how Peter Jackson replaced Glorfindel with her. It is changing the original work of art.
Second, I know that Jackson did his best, and I loved it. As did many people across the world, but I think he cut out a lot of important parts in the story. For instance, the gift giving in Lorien. If they showed it, it would have made more sense to why Frodo was holding up a vial and the silver leaves on their cloaks. Anyone who read the book would know why most of them had these things, but a person who did not read it might(not trying to be rude) not understand it as much.
But to end on a happier note, The movie was incredible, and let's say when I get outta college I think I'm moving to New Zealand
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Summary: The Best!
Review: I think that Lord of the Rings is the best movie! I have read the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, and the movie is almost the same. I'm glad the director did not twist the plot around and add some not needed stuff. The music by Enya is touching and sets the mood for the movie. If you have not seen the movie yet, you should!
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Summary: Terribly over-rated
Review: Is this movie good?? Yes! Amazing...no.All this movie really has to offer is the scenery and good special effects. I'm sorry, but that doesn't make the movie. The acting was nothing special, some characters over-acted,it dragged on way to long, at some points it could be painfully boring. What I think happened is that all the uber-Tolkien fans were so excited and just couldn't wait for the release of this film, that when they saw it, they were in denial of how good it wasn't. This film beat out the Godfather in the top 250 list at imdb.com in the first weeks it came out...how?? This deserves at most 30th place.
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Summary: really really perfect
Review: the length of this movie does not mean anything except they tried their hardest to bring The Fellowship to screen from book, and succeeded. This is a wonderful movie with excellent acting, and it will go down in history as one of the greatest (along with the other two) fantasy movies ever created. Hats off to Peter Jackson
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings
Review: I must say, this movie is the best movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I have read the fellowship of the ring, and the two towers. The fellowship of the Ring by Peter Jackson was the most awesome and closest you could get to the real thing, if ever there was a real thing. The preview for The Two Towers left me spellbound; I couldn't belive what I had just seen. I must say again, Peter Jackson and those other guys did a really good job on these films. I could go on and on about this topic, so I'm going to end here. (these movies rock!!)
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