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Summary: Terrific!!
Review: Three hours flew by! I didn't read the books nor do I intend to. (I tried when I was a young woman and could not get into them.) It isn't at all important to read the books before seeing this incredibly thrilling movie. And Viggo Mortenson--very tasty.
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Summary: Peter Jackson is genius!
Review: When I first heard that they were going to make a 'Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings' movie, the first thought that crossed my mind was, "Great. They're going to destroy another book by making it into a movie".You see, I'm one that hates it when one of my favorites is brought front and center into the attention of the media. Usually, with all the hype and commercialism, something will be tainted and I will loose all my love for it. However, this was not the case with the movie created by Peter Jackson. He did an amazing job sticking to the book, and I simply cannot wait for the other two movies to be released. Genius!
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Summary: Special Edition Extras!
Review: The special edition DVD will include about 30 minutes extra footage that didn't make it to the big screen. They will be incorporated into the film as fully finished, scored scenes, not as separate features. Most of these scenes, according to an interview with director Peter Jackson, are primarily charater-developement scenes that were removed for pacing reasons (hints have been made, for fans familiar with the books, that more will be seen of Sam's gardening, the gift-giving of Galadriel in Lorien, more of the fellowship enjoying Lorien, and some more development between Aragorn and Boromir, etc). None of the extra features on the first DVD will be included on the second DVD--if you buy both, you won't be getting a lot of the same stuff, Jackson has assured us. It's gonna be super cool!
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Summary: Excellent movie!!!!!!
Review: I still believe after the 2001 Academy Awards that The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring was jipped by A Beautiful Mind for Best Picture! Overall, The Lord Of The Rings is my FAV movie EVER, and Peter Jackson and the cast and crew deserved iot more that Ron Howard. Peter Jackson did an unbvelievable job on bringing the books to life, and im sure Tolkien in proud!:) The crew and WETA workshop did great special effects and great scripts, and the cats just acting sooooo well! I cant wait to see The Two Towers in December, and The Return Of The King next December! Tolkien and Peter Jackson........YOU ROCK!!!:)
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Summary: Film making to perfection
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring is one of the best films I have ever seen. The casting was absolutley right on the nose, using actors that become their characters. The music was absolutley perfect not only did it capture the innocence of the beloved Shire, but it also painted the darkness of Moria to a tee. No doubt the DVD will be become a must have for movie goers, crammed with everything a LOTR fan could wish for. This movie goes beyond the typical Fantasy films because it brings with it much deeper issues than the typical Quest, courage, morality, loyalty. Don't miss the first installment of the three greatest fantasy movies ever made!
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Review: As the start of a trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring is a masterpiece. The storyline concerns a union of elves, dwarves, hobbits and humans led by a a wizard named Gandolf, who embark on a perilous quest through the mythical realm of Mordor. Their destination: The Mount of Doom where the deadly Ring of Power was forged by the evil Sauron. Their mission: destroy the deadly Ring of Power. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is an astonishing masterpiece that is not to be missed. It is the kind of movie you'll want to see over and over again. Also I highly reccomend the soundtrack, which is well worth the purchase price.
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Summary: A Good Movie that Could Have Been a Great Movie
Review: Honestly, this is a frustrating review to write. The Lord of the Rings has got to be the most entertaining film I have seen in years. But it is also the most disappointing film I have ever seen in my life. There is love and laughter and fear and pride and action and drama and special effects that make Jurassic Park look like stop action photography. But through it all, all I could think, over and over again, was, "Gee, this movie would be so cool if they had just filmed it the way Tolkien wrote it." My biggest gripe with director Peter Jackson is that, while adapting the story for the big screen, he has also adapted it for a twenty-first century moviegoer, which is to say, a teenager or a college student with the attention span of a hamster with a caffeine habit. In Tolkien's original masterpiece, by the time we've read a hundred pages we're up to our helmet plumes in mysteries and questions. Who is Strider? Where the heck did Gandalf get to? What the heck is this Ring that Bilbo stuck Frodo with anyway? (By the way, I know that if you haven't already read the book or seem the movie, nothing in the previous few sentences makes any sense to you. Sorry.) But Jackson apparently decided to tax the concentration and patience of the modern movie audience no more than absolutely necessary. From start to finish, he lays everything out plain and simple in strict, linear, chronological, no-room-for-doubt-or-imagination order. Maybe Jackson figured that no one would miss the lack of suspense and mystery if he put threw around enough special effects. In a movie as FX laden as The Lord of the Rings would have to be, you would think that, art aside, Jackson would cut the effects to a minimum just to stay in budget. But, for instance, it's not enough that Bilbo gets mad. He actually has to momentarily grow pointy teeth. This movie gives new meaning to the phrase "over the top" in the scene of the brief transformation of the elven Lady of Lothlorien (apologies again to those who have no idea what I am talking about). Tolkien tells us "She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illumined her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring ...." Jackson's FX crew decided they knew better and turned the Lady into something so whacked out that she would be alot more at home in the final scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey. And then there's the wizardly Sceptre-Fu fight. It would have looked great in The Matrix, but here, it's just embarassing. Speaking of the Lady of Lothlorien, another thing I couldn't stomach was Jackson's periodic obeiances to the currently ruling PC powers that be. The Lady of Lothlorien has become pretty much the Earth goddess that Tolkien neglected to put in his story. Then there's the wizard Saruman, deciding he has to go to war and tearing down the forests to make room for his war machines. Tolkien has Gandalf relate this in a poignantly short and simple manner: "I looked on [the valley below] and saw that, whereas it had once been green and fair, it was now filled with pits and forges." But Jackson seizes the opportunity that Tolkien missed to beat us over the head with an environmentalism message and obsesses over this scene for far too long and in far too much detail. To my own surprise, I can't get too mad about how the movie enlarges the role of the elven woman Arwen. It actually works, fitting in well with the story, partly because Liv Tyler does an excellent job of making Arwen a strong character without turning her into the "Arwen: Warrior Princess" that many fans were afraid of. And all that really gets sacrificed here is another elf character that we would never see again anyway. Unfortunately, the film's portrayal of the romance between Arwen and the human
Strider is really just a bunch of juvenile silliness. But more than a few good things can be said about the film as well. Without exception, the casting was excellent. I've already mentioned Liv Tyler as Arwen. Elijah Wood and Ian McKellan give us pretty much the best Frodo and Gandalf I can imagine. Christopher Lee is excellent as Saruman. As anyone who grew up watching Hammer Horror Films can tell you, Christopher Lee's bad guys make Hannibal Lecter look about as threatening as Richard
Simmons. Casting Lee, perhaps the twentieth century's most under-utilized actor, as Saruman was a stroke of nothing less than genius. The portrayal of the northern elves of Rivendell was nicely nuanced. I was surprised at how much the scenery resembled the way I imagined it when I read the book. The battle scene with the goblins was brilliant, from both visually and narratively. (Of course, this was one scene where Jackson took very few liberties with the original story. Hint, hint.) So it's a fun, entertaining movie. If you haven't read the book, you'll probably be wondering what I was raising such a ruckus about. Nevertheless, I still must contend that the movie falls far short of what it should have been. Tolkien is not the greatest writer to have ever lived and The Lord of the Rings is not the greatest novel ever written. But I am convinced that The Lord of the Rings is every bit as much a classic as any of those books we were force fed in high school and college. Fully understood, The Lord of the Rings is a serious, mature story (which just happens to be great fun) and it deserves a silver screen treatment that is in the same league as "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia". Jackson has given us a fun movie. We get from him what we deserve for the price of admission (or the price of the DVD). But Tolkien hasn't gotten what he deserved, and that's what I'm raising the ruckus about.
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Summary: A beautiful tapestry
Review: This, I say, is a wonderful work of art! Everything, without question, fits: the cast, the set, the flow of the movie... And with it being necessary to leave out "Tom Bombadill" and other little things it still worked! With an exceptional cast , wonderful set, and great music, I have made this movie one of my favorites, and hoped it would be awarded "best picture." It was with great disappointment that I accepted that it wasn't... Also, with one spectacular scene after another, I beleive this a fine tapestry woven with the greatest care and consideration that deserves great honor! (I'm getting a bit serious... l should lighten up!)
I recommend this highly, and I think it should be watched more than once. I really noticed fine details that one does not notice in round one of watching this film, when watching it times two and three. This film sets higher standards in all the ralms of film- making; cinematography, graphicsand acting.I think that out of the masterpiece and literary classic of "The Fellowship of the Ring" this film is destined to be a treasured classic.
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Summary: DULL, BORING, WASTE OF TIME
Review: This message will get a lot of unhelpful votes, but this film was, for me, 3 hours wasted. It was dull, boring, dark and unfulfilling. I am a real fan of the four books ("The Hobbit" has to be included in the series) but NOT of this film. Elijah Wood was terrible as Frodo. He had one expression throughout the film. With his wide open, staring eyes, he had the expression of having had a pole placed in an unmentionable place. This really ruined the film for me.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This was an awesome movie and if you didn't see it in the theatre well you are forgiven. To redeem yourself go see Two Towers in theatres, but see Star Wars first. This is also a dark film. Darker than you would think, and the acting was the best. Even though it didn't win the oscar for best picture it is the best. The total amout of profit speaks louder than a golden statue A Beautiful Mind. See this movie. Don't rent it, buy it!
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