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Summary: This is an awesomeous movie!!!
Review: Oh my gosh! This is by far the best movie that I have ever seen in my life! I laughed, I cried, I did everything inbetween! Litterally!!!
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Summary: Amazing.
Review: This movie really does justice to Tolkien's masterpiece. There are a few qualms I have, like the abrupt reappearance of Merry and Pippin, running into Sam and Frodo. But all of these will hopefully be solved by the DVD, and regardless overall the movie is paced very well, taking the key notes from the book and rearranging them in the shortest but most dignified and beautiful way possible. After all, the movie was cut down to three hours, not lengthened to it...
Do yourself a favor and see this movie, if you haven't. It deserves some awards!! (too bad about the Golden Globes...)
Can't wait for The Two Towers!
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Summary: And an oscar to ... the Milford Sound
Review: Hate to break with you lot, but here's a little rant: Lord of the Rings is essentially Conan the Barbarians meets Monty Python and the Holy Grail, only it's not funny. Intentionally, leastways. (I mean, how can you say "one ring to bind them, one ring to rule over them etc etc etc" with a straight face? Answer - They didn't! It was in a voiceover!) Yes, yes, yes - it's gorgeous to look at - take a bow, New Zealand's South Island - but other than that it's simply a (po-faced) chaser, isn't it? - Three hours of the little cuddly dudes onthe run from the standard-issue Peter Jackson Ugly Monster(s). Ian McKellen reprises Alec Guinness' Ben Kenobi role (only with silly hat and a better beard!), the Hobbits live in what looks suspiciously like the set from The Teletubbies, and they get chased episodically across Tubbyland, down under a mountain (with some REMARKABLY manky CGI - I thought they had spliced in a few scenes from the animated version at one stage!) and across hills and dales (though to his credit Jackson managed - for maybe the first time in his career - to resist staging any of the film in the Karori cemetary) until, after three hours and an unseemly amount of carnage ....... (wait for it) ... THEY GET TO THE BORDER OF THE COUNTRY WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO!!! Strap yourselves in, lads there's another six hours to sit through before they even get to where they're going! Strewth and cor lumme! At least there was a climax in each of the Star Wars films! And what about a wisecracking cheeky character? Where was Han Solo in this? And could all the villains shoot straight? No! Did it occur to them that they weren't obliged to attack the good guys in single file one at a time? No! I blame Tolkein for all of this.
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Summary: Lord of the rings fellowship of the ring
Review: i've seen this movie 4 times and each time i see it i understand and pick up on more parts that i had missed the pervious time. with a extraordinary director and AMAZING cast this movie, in my judgement is by far the most exciting and, entertaing movie of the year! Ican't wait to see the next one.
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Summary: A Must See Family Movie
Review: This was an awesome movie, don't get me wrong. I mean, I'm almost thirteen years old and this is the kind of stuff that's pretty fun to see. The movie was hyped up way too much though. The special effects were okay and all, but the camera never stayed in the same place for more than three seconds. I thought I was going to be sick from dizziness. I am a huge fan of fantasy films and books and this was a great story putting that aside. I hadnt read the books yet, but I got about 100 pages into it and quit. The movie was definitely better than the book in my perspective. To me, this is a great movie for the whole family to see and it has alot of action to get into. It's just that whole camera thing that got me bored for a while. It took FOREVER for the movie to finally be over, but it was very good and had great acting from Elijah Wood, etc. This is definitely one of those must-see-movies... if you can stand all of the action and movement. It certainly does get my applause. I think the Elves were really cool and my favorite to see. The best part in my view is when Galadriel (either her or the other elf lady) makes the water turn into galloping horses which then cover up the bad guys on the horses who drown before getting to her. Legulas (sp?) and all of the other characters were very entertaining, but the villians looked incredibly fake. A great movie to see as I said, so make sure to take the whole family to this great film.
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Summary: Great acting WITH great f/x
Review: This is the first movie ever to combine marvelous acting with incredible special effects. Best of all, the special effects aren't overused. The characters felt like real people, interacting in all sorts of marvelous ways. My all time favorite movie.
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Summary: Follows the Book Very Well
Review: Although this movie was a bit long it was worth all the time. It follows the book very well and was just how I had pictured it when reading the book. Many directors could learn from this film and follow the books they are portraying more closly. This was a great way to spend an afternoon in my book.
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Summary: The Greatest Fantasy Epic Of All Time
Review: I never thought a superb adaptation of Tolkien's "The Lord Of The Rings" would ever appear on the screen. Yet Peter Jackson has accomplished the impossible, offering a splendid adaptation of "Fellowship Of The Ring" which remains true to J. R. R. Tolkien's vision, even if it sacrifices nearly a tenth of the plot. He does an admirable job emphasizing the trials and tribulations awaiting Frodo Baggins and the rest of his company; Elijah Wood is a memorable Frodo Baggins, Orlando Bloom is fine as Legolas, John Rhys-Davis is a splendid Glimli, replete with all of his taciturn manners. Yet along with Elijah Wood, the acting accolades go deservedly to Viggo Mortenson as Strider/Aragorn, and especially, Ian McKellan as Gandalf, who deserves an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. Other excellent performances include those of Sean Bean as Boromir, Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee, Christopher Lee as Saruman the Wise, Liv Tyler as Arwen and Cate Blanchett as Galadriel. Yet there isn't one false note shown by any of the actors since they all do admirable jobs bringing the denizens of Middle-earth to life. Some have criticized raising Arwen's (Liv Tyler) stature as a character in the film, since she is hardly mentioned in the novel. Yet Jackson's instincts are correct, since she will play an important part later in the saga, as Aragorn's (Viggo Mortenson) lover. I also appreciate the film's emphasis on Saruman's (Christopher Lee) treachery, which is only hinted at in the text. I have seen "Fellowship Of The Ring" twice; it is a sumptuous visual feast for the eyes as well as a nail-biting swashbuckler of a film. It harkens back to the great film epics of the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's, with its own epochal sense of film making. It's been the most enjoyable three hours of film I have seen in a long, long time. Unquestionably, despite Jackson's and his co-writer's liberal adaptation of Tolkien's tale, it remains the finest adaptation of a literary classic I have seen. The film is graced with an admirable film score by Howard Shore; easily one of our foremost film composers. I sincerely hope it earns an Academy Award nomination for best film score. I look forward to seeing "Fellowship Of The Ring" several more times before it ends its American theater run. Hopefully, that won't be any time soon.
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Summary: Middle Earth Comes to Life
Review: This movie is a wonderful adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. The only problem is that we don't get to spend as much time as I would like in the different locations - but if we did the movie would be 8 hours long! The music was very becoming for the movie and not intrusive but added to the scenes. The acting was superb. Everyone was who they said they were, they truely believed and it came through on screen. A magnificient movie - I hope it gets nominated for an Oscar.
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Summary: Bland!
Review: This movie really lacked spice.
A lot of pompous talking, interrupted by action scenes looking as if they were lifted from a computer game.
An extremely lame and simple action scenes it were. F.ex. the scene where the elven girl races towards the river with Frodo. How does she succeed ? She just whispers a few spells to the horse and it outruns the pursuers. This may work in a novel, but in a movie you need a lot more twist and turns. Compare this horse race with the speeder chase in Return Of The Jedi. See what I mean ?
What a shame, that such a classic work should suffer this fate.
(2 stars for scenery though)
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