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Summary: It is one of my fav movies
Review: I love this MOVIE!!!Yet i also like harry potter the time machine,spiderman,star wars,spy kids and The count of monte cristo! But this is AWSOME too!!!
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Summary: A must buy!
Review: I love this movie, and can't wait for The Two Towers to be released. If your going to buy this film you must get the collectors set....if you don't you'll always regret it. (if your like me, lol) This release has restored my hope in the fantasy realm of film making....after the near fatal destruction caused by the new Stars Wars releases. George Lukas please call Peter Jackson and take a few pointers about remaining loyal to the fans. A must buy!
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Summary: No Other Direction
Review: I love three-hour movies. I often hear about how Fellowship of the Rings (or the Green Mile, for that matter) was a long film. To that I say: no. Why? Because they used every second of those three hours. A movie can be twice as long at half the length if it is the sort that drags on. The Fellowship of the Ring does anything but that.In Fellowship, director Peter Jackson has given birth to what I do not doubt is his life's work. Each scene, each shot is done with expert precision, and filled with touches, which were hardly necessary on their own, but add up to one of the most enchanting epics ever to grace the silver screen. As an example: at one point, Strider picks up a sword, and casts it to the ground. Had this been all, then there would be no complaints. Instead, the blade turns to dust in his hand. A little touch? Yes. But they add up. This is not to say Fellowship is all about subtleties-that would hardly fit the grand epic. From the opening three millennia in the past, to the conclusion, the movie brims with adventure, fear, corruption, mirth, sorrow. It is almost as hard to offer too much praise, as it is to imagine a better adaptation of a beloved English language classic. It's been said before, but it cannot be said to much: New Zealand is Middle Earth if such a place ever existed The Fellowship of the Ring also has some great acting. Gandalf (Ian Mckellan) is given the most acclaim (and an Oscar nod), but he is hardly alone. Ian Holm brings a machless performance as the aging Bilbo, almost corrupted by the ring and still tempted by its evil. Sean Bean's Boromir is the flipside; we see him slowly drawn to the ring. And Elijah Wood does an admirable job as Frodo, who knows his grim fate and does not fear to face it. If there was an ensamble cast Oscar (and there should be), this would take the prize. However, there is one sad note: although I wish everyone involved in this film luck, I believe that The Lord of the Rings may be the occupational highpoint for all involved. Why? Simple: what are the odds of anyone being in both Lord of the Rings and something even better?
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Summary: Too biased towards action
Review: I love TOlkien & think he is one of the GREAT 20th century writers. that said this movie is an uneven tribute to his genius and too much to put towards the action equation & not enough towards the adventure. Still probably the best out there. Legolas
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Summary: A Different Point of View
Review: I love Tolkien and have read just about everything he has written. My love of Tolkien goes hand in hand with my love of all things medieval, and LOTR is definitely a medieval epic. I love action films as well, especially those with a medieval theme, but science fiction is up there too. (I'm also a big fan of art films, but I'm not a snob.) Thus, I should have loved LOTR on film. I hated it. I admit that the cinematography, the sets, and the special effects are extraordinary. But everything else about the film seems to have gone wrong. The script is disappointing as are Frodo and his friends, who look like they are 16 and behave like they are 12. And there is a weariness and a monotony to every scene, at least for me. There is no drama, no tension, and no humor. The whole picture feels dark and dreary. After half an hour of LOTR I began to squirm. It took a lot of will power for me to watch it through. I squirm during the first half of Cameron's "Titanic" also, with its cliche'd script and comic-book characters, but once the ship has struck the iceberg, I am rivetted to the screen for the duration, even after a dozen viewings. LOTR offers me no similar compensation. Movies like "Aliens," "RoboCop," "Starship Troopers," and "Ben-Hur" have a lot of wonderful action, but they also have much more. I am in a small minority, I know. Attendance at this movie was phenomenal. The critics have liked it (but weren't always excited). But there seems to be too much that is missing from this film. Except for a slavish adherence to the plot of "The Fellowship of the Ring," the most important missing element seems to be Tolkien. If you have already seen this film and liked it, then ignore my review. All reviews are subjective, mine no less than others. If you already know what your feelings are with regard to this film, then you don't need to know my opinion in order to decide on its purchase. But if you think that you enjoy movies for the same reasons that I do, then my advice is to rent before you buy.
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Summary: Magnificent....this is film history
Review: I love Tolkien books. But don't judge the films by the books. Sorry, it's apple's and oranges - the best of each crop. Who says you have to chose? Not me! I have seen this film so many times I could likely apply for Guinness Book of Records. Hey even my cat LOVES this film. Seriously, she will sit and watch this and The Two Tower hypnotised by the film! It's is NOT a kids film. Parents not paying attention - this is NOT Harry Potter. This is a very complicated story, with very high ideas that are way over a kid's head. There is violence, quite frightening, and you will spend all your time trying to explain it to small ones, so NO it's not a whole family film. I think Jackson created something everyone needs in this ME-Generation disconnected-from-the-masses computer people. People online connect, but they also are isolated. This film reminds us there are things more important than our immediate wishes. Like fellowship, love and the willingness to sacrifice yourself for the great good of people you care for. It is a theme we needed to be reminded, and it touches our hearts. Tolkien's world, vividly and beautifully created by director Jackson is a place where honour, good and evil are not just words, but are the forces that shape lives. Brilliant filmed, marvellously acted, it has propelled Viggo Mortensen rightly into the superstar spotlight his talent deserves. Aragorn is the role of a lifetime and he breathes such life into the character. As does wonderful newcomer Orlando Bloom as Legolas. The bond between Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are friendships we all would wish to experience. Ian McKellan, Christopher Lee, John Rhys Davies are as always brilliant. But the hobbit bunch is great with Wood great as Frodo, but more surprisingly Sean Astin (son of Patty Duke and John Astin) as Sam, gives the film such heart. Also, the growth of the jokers Merry and Pippin is deft conceived and acted. If you are an Ring Addict and cannot get enough, buy the extended version. If you are not a nitpicker who wants all the details, then this is a perfect version for you. Me, sigh, I have both...and figure I will end up buying the Complete Collectors Edition when Jackson stuff all three into a single box. Most of the time, when they do these repackages, I get ticked begin suckered into buy each incarnation. NOT with this film.
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Summary: Nice try, but...
Review: I love Tolkien's work, but this adaptation from the feeble mind of Peter Jackson doesn't do it justice. The quality of the DVD is fantastic, and the extra disc is good. It's not a waste of money to buy it. And as a fan of Lord of the Rings, I will be going to see the next two movies and buying them later as well. However, I've got to rip on Jackson and his special effects company WETA. That stupid cave troll looks nothin' but fake. And where are the orcs? If you blink a couple of times during the film, you might not see any. It's like they're so ashamed of the masks they made that they only show them for half a second or from the back or from far away. To their credit, the Balrog is pretty good. The watcher in the water varies from looking real to looking ultra-fake (tentacle scenes). But the special effects aren't really the problem. The acting is. Some of the casting and acting is good. Saruman and Boromir are great, Aragorn looks the part, but is overly dramatic. In fact, almost everyone in the film is overly dramatic. Just act normal; don't hang on every word and speak so slowly with goofball facial expressions and lip posturing. It takes away from the reality of how people act. The casting was bad, though acceptable for a lot of parts. But two unforgivable screw-ups were Frodo and Gandalf; not the way they looked so much as the way they acted. The most memorable time where I wanted to smack Gandalf upside the head was where he stood there as the light from the Balrog came near, and said "This foe is beyond any of you." Bad acting. It was like he was trying to concentrate more on the cob in his butt than on the approaching danger. Watch it and see. And why did they get that dude from the Matrix to play Elrond? He's not versatile enough to pull it off. I was expecting to see Keanu Reeves pop out in an elf uniform any second. But the worst thing Jackson did was make the movie too drawn out. Why all the slow motion, and slow speaking, and trying to make the whole film feel like a dream-like trance? All he really had to do was amp it up some and it would have been a great movie. It should have run shorter and included more stuff from the book. That was completely do-able if he quit with all the boring afore-mentioned junk. The story would have been drama enough without it. In short, they fouled this up. Still, nobody's ever tried to pull it off before, so I give them that. It would have been better, though, if James Cameron or Steven Spielberg or someone else who knows how to combine real-looking special effects with good acting and editing had done this. Too late now.
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Summary: I'm Elrond, Mr. Anderson
Review: I loved every moment of this movie. From the first glimpse of Hobbiton my eyes got misty and I was transported back into the trilogy I've read so often. I only have one complaint: I can't get over Hugo Weaving as Elrond. I keep expecting him to put on dark glasses and start calling Frodo "Mr. Anderson"...
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Summary: My thought about Lord of the Ring
Review: I loved Lord of the ring. It was the best move i'v ever seen! My favorite was the wood elf with the blond hair i thought he was cute (L). I can't wait for the other 2 movies to come out ! the ending left me wondering and my heart sunk when it said THE END. But i hope the other 2 movies will be just as good as the first!?!?!
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Summary: Incredible
Review: I loved the books and love the movies. Great acting, plot, direction, scenery, CGI, etc. May the Two Towers be just as great. Although TIME magazine says:"Good Lord, it's even better than the first one!"
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