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Summary: LOTSA LOTR!
Review: I've read the book, I've seen the trailers and I've surfed the sites. This movie will truly be one of the biggest of all time. As an avid reader of the LOTR, I was greatly excited to hear that director Peter Jackson had been given the 'go-ahead' and the huge financial backing to direct the movie series. I personally believe that Peter Jackson has both the skill and in-site to produce a movie that all LOTR fans will be happily satisfied with. Looking at what we have so far; the casting, the director, the location and of course the book - we are in for a treat! I have personally seen some of the sets and locations (shot in New Zealand) that PJ has chosen to use, believe me, this is a good as it gets.
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Summary: Awesome Book, Awesome Movie?
Review: I've read the books multiple times and only recently truly understood them (I read them first when I was 10). The book is a masterpiece and an possibly among the best ever written. Soon afterwards, the Fellowship of the Ring was released in theaters. On the big screen it is stunning in visual affects and computer graphics. The parts where the camera zooms through the tower was fantastic. The movie is filled with all kinds of battles, all well coreographed. I suppose it was a bit weird to have Saruman and Gandalf fighting in the tower of Isengard especially because the account of this occured in Rivendell, but it fit quite nicely with the story. If you've read the books then you probably will not enjoy the movie as much because all the scenes are how the director and the people working on the movie interpreted those scenes and not how the reader would. The movie definetly would have been better if they kept all the details. Sure it would have been very long but why not? The whole Old Forest chapter was left out and the following chapter with the Barrow-Downs. Besides these small details this movie is the best.
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings is a must-have.
Review: I've read the books, watched the cartoons, even played the old SNES game of LOTR. So, when It came to the theaters, I went to see it and I'm really impressed with it. I was amazed at how these people recreated JRR Tolkien's world of the Hobbits. It was exactly how I had always imagined it would be. This is a Fantasy story that young and old alike will love. It's a tad long but well worth watching. I highly recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: As good as I hoped
Review: I've read The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, and the Simarillion. I've been amazed at the level of detail that Tolkien weaves into his stories, and I'm drawn back to them again and again. While I love the books and would thoroughly enjoy a full visual version of them, I realize that this is impossible. Even Tolkien leaves a good deal of information out of the Lord of the Rings (partially provided in Tolkien's other works). Given the medium that's being worked with and the time alotted, I think that this movie did a great job of presenting the storyline, portraying the intensity of the quest, and, in general, sucking you into the adventure. Being a fan of the books, I'm puzzled by some of the omissions and some of the changes in the flow of the story, but I think that the movie, as a separate work is still very good. My suggestion would be to read the books and see the movies. You'll most likely enjoy them both.
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Summary: Middle-Earth come to life!
Review: I've read the LoTR Trilogy many times, and The Fellowship of the Ring has got to be one of the greatest movies from a book. The imagery was beautiful, the characters were dead on, and the saying that the book is always better than the movie is almost proved false in this case!
I am so glad that LoTR was made into film because it opens up this amazing world to a whole new audience, and everyone should have the oppertunity to visit Middle-Earth!
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Summary: First Book-Turned-Movie I Wasn't Disappointed at
Review: I've read the original LOTR series and, for the very first time, I wasn't disappointed at all by a movie having read its book version. The film is very faithful to the original - which I deeply appreciate as I'd expected Hollywood to reduce Tolkien's classic to flamboyant trash. The special effects are great (of course!), the cast is appropriately chosen, and the landscape background is simply breathtaking. The film was long but you wouldn't feel it. I'd definitely recommend this movie to anyone (except very young children as they may be scared by some of the scenes).
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Summary: THE epic of our generation
Review: I've read tons of scathing reviews regarding this movie and the special extended edition, and I've noticed the phrase "longest, most boring movie ever made" pop up, in variations, many times. This is aggressively annoying to me -- not just because I love this film (and "The Two Towers"), but because it glaringly proves that the attention spans of our youth and/or moviegoers today have narrowed to the point where, if a character isn't being mutilated in the first ten minutes or a massive "Speed"-style car chase isn't staged before the opening credits roll, audience members bolt for the nearest exit. This is an EPIC, folks! Look the word up in your Webster's -- it means LONG, SPRAWLING. Dear God, could you see these same people trying to sit through 4 hours of Gone with the Wind or Ben-Hur -- they'd be foaming at the mouth! Matter-of-fact, LoTR is on a scale with those films; it's a classic epic, with actual characters and story and lavish production and special effects that are present to serve the story, not the other way around. And, I have to say, if given the choice to watch Gone with the Wind or Ben-Hur or LoTR, I'd watch LoTR anytime, anywhere. And I'm not some fly-by-night moviegoer -- I'm a fanatic. I've seen thousands of films and own five hundred on DVD -- and I'd still watch LoTR right here, right now.
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Summary: Caution! Not for the weak heart!
Review: I've really hate goodbyes esp. from gandalf & the Gondor Warrior (Sean Bean-The miserable on most of his films history). They did a goodjob! 3 hours heart pomping and I feel like standing in the middle of the theatre just to see the fellowship swashbuckling attitude give Sauron a bad name (he already was) and I didn't knew and most of us in the theatre were awww.....when it's going to go for another sequel. Jackson really do it so well. And There was a silence when gandalf fell with demon....I did see some of us are weeping in agony.....I can't stand this anymore. I need the sequel badly Jack!
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Summary: Brilliant film -- best DVD ever!
Review: I've reviewed the film elsewhere. Let me just say that the extended edition is far superior to the outstanding theatrical release. Don't dare judge this film or filmmaker until you've seen this cut. Much more character development and extra story elements that give the film depth and extra resonance. The extras on this DVD are well worth the purchase. Commentaries, story boards, behind the scenes looks, and other features make this a wonderful addition to any Tolkien fan's library. You learn first-hand how much attention the writers did pay to the original. No one can fully appreciate or understand this film series without fully digesting this spectacular DVD set.
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Summary: All time favorite
Review: I've seen a lot of movies and I have a lot of favorites. But this one takes the cake. Lord of the Rings is my all time favorite movie. I don't watch a lot of fantasy type of movies but LOTR completely surprised me. It is soo good. I enjoyed the action, comedy, romance, adventure, and the special effects a lot. Every actor and actress portrayed their characters perfectly. They all did a superb job. I might as well add that Legolas was my favorite character along with Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Arwen (Liv Tayler). It's good to see a female elf that kicks ass!
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