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Summary: see it
Review: this is a must own for lotr fans. its loaded with special fetures. the movie is remasterd now with 45 min of movie. i love this triligy and even if u never seen it by it anyways youll love it i garentee it. a must own buy it right now. good acting jaw droping fx and an epic story makes this a masterpeice
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Summary: Not Better than Harry Potter but still worth a look
Review: This is a pretty good movie although I felt Elijah Wood was not the best actor for the role. At times the movie was a bit slow moving. I plan to buy it for my collection but I still think that Harry Potter was a MUCH, MUCH better film.
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Summary: Great Expectations Fulfilled
Review: This is a remarkably difficult book to capture on film and yet somehow they managed to capture the subtle balance of serious tension and humor that is the Fellowship of the Rings. The only problem I have with it is it may have been too much of a good thing. At the end of the first half of the film when the Fellowship was formed I was totally stoked to see the next film. I hadn't been this excited to see a sequel in a long time. Then I got my wish immediately. There was still another hour and a half to go and by the time I was done with the film I was worn out. The second half of the adventure was almost as good as the first. Given my druthers I would have gladly paid to see six shorter films spaced six months apart. Especially since the last book, "Return of the King" is more gruelling and heavy than the first two. But thats just me. Most people seem not only content but happy to enjoy the experience in big man sized bites. I can't imagine anyone doing a better job of laying this story out on celluloid.
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Summary: Extended edition In Spanish Not available in DVD
Review: This is a shame, again!!! I only buy DVDs and they dont have the decency to release this wonderful extended version for the three main languages in the USA and Canada : English, Spanish and French. Simply I don't understand movie business! It's an open discrimination to 25% of non-english speakers in both countries!
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Summary: The Best Film Of 2001, And Maybe, Ever!
Review: This is a spectacular film! I saw this back in December by accident actually. I was planning on seeing the just released 'The Royal Tenenbaums' and had disregarded this as a slow, boring film for fans of the books of which I had never bothered to read.
I couldn't have been more wrong! I went up to the ticket booth only to find that the movie I was going to see was sold out.
I surveyed the other options eliminating them one by one, until I came to The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. I had seen almost all the other films and finally decided to see Lord Of The Rings. I figured if nothing else I could see what all the hype was about so I paid my [money] (Ouch!) and headed into the theater. Well, I thought to myself as I watched the new Star Wars
trailer, it would appear that the next Star Wars movie is going to be all love story, I was wrong again, as I found out later.
Lord Of The Rings started playing and from scene one, (Galadriel telling the story of the ring thus far, if you remember) I was hooked! The fascinating storytelling kept me engulfed inside another world, Middle-Earth, in fact. The magnificent cinematography and terrific art direction had my eyes riveted to the screen for every single second of film. The spellbinding score was perfect for each and every scene, not one note was wrong or misplaced. The direction was fantastic and the acting, which has received some grief somehow or another, was perfect. Every line was said with perfection, nothing wooden in any of the actors performances. The movie ran for around three hours, which was amazing to me because when I walked out it had felt like two hours at best. I would have sat there and watched the entire trilogy with only a small bathroom break in between if I could have.
After seeing the movie I rushed here, to my computer and got online to Amazon.com and bought the entire Lord Of The Rings set and The Hobbit and have thus far read, The Hobbit, The Fellowship Of The Ring, and am currently reading The Two Towers which I plan on finishing before the first DVD release of LOTR next month.
I went out and saw The Fellowship Of The Ring when The Two Towers trailer was packaged with it and loved the movie just as much as I
had when I first saw it if not more so. Now there has been some
controversy over leaving out and changing some of the original story in the book for the movie. I can tell you now that this move
without a doubt, kept the film going and never slowed to the pace that it would have slowed to had Tom Bombadil been included.
I thought the parts with Tom Bombadil were the slowest in the book and I, for one am glad that they were excluded. The other scenes, such as the deeply moving gift giving scene, I have heard will be included in the November Special Extended Edition DVD release with new music scored by new Academy Award Winner Howard Shore and will be contained on two discs, with two more discs for over 6 hours of special features. I am planning on getting the Collector's Edition
of that DVD that also includes a National Geographic Beyond The Movie DVD and several other Lord Of The Rings items.
But until then I am awaiting The Two Towers, due out December 18th. I also can tell you that the very overrated 'A Beautiful Mind' should have lost Best Picture in favor of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. I just realized that it's Tuesday, which means that this DVD comes out Two Weeks from today!
Yipee! Yahoo! Horray! Yes! Terrific! Spectacular! Magnificent!
My Precious will soon be mine!
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Summary: The Greatest Film of the New Age!!!
Review: This is a story about a friendship. About the races of Middle Earth coming together to fight a common evil. With the events of 9/11, it was movies like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter that made us feel like there was still some magic left in this world. That hopes and dreams are still possible, that they do exist. I love all of the characters in the movie and in the book (even though I haven't finished it yet). Peter Jackson does an excellent job of taking us to an age long forgotten. An age where magic existed in all things in life. An Age that we all wished we could visit and perhaps partake of in our own dreams. And of course we cannot forget Mr. Tolkien for creating it in the first place. Without him, our hopes could not have been renewed. Our strengths could not have been replenshied. And our perceptions that we can live for a better world will never be lost.
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Summary: Soon To Be Masterpiece-Ben N. At The Movies
Review: this is a tale of the tales it surpases a tale thats why this movie is called an Adventure this film was so Beutifully done it had great Actors. Wonderful Costume design and yop notch sound and Beutiful set Designs this movie is surely to be a Classic Peter Jackson has made the great book into an Outstanding Movie2 Thumbs UP!
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Summary: Why not just release this to theaters?
Review: This is a truly magnificent DVD collection. I would recommend it heart and soul to anyone who has even the slightest interst in the films or the books. The extended edition does a much better job of transferring the book to the screen than does the original theatrical release, adding in little nuggets such as the giving of Galadriel's gifts and the extended prologue which, when combined with the already well-made theatrical release, help to make the extended cut the only version of the film worth seeing. In addition, the commentaries may justify the cost of the DVD's on their own. INteresting, humorous, and often very informative, the Directors commentary and the cast commentary are definetly worth the time it takes to rewatch the movie. The directors commentary will be especially intersting for those Tolkien purists upset with some of the movie's lackings, as it explains Jackson's rationale for many of the changes he made. All in all, this collection is a must for any fan of the series, a wonderful extension of an already stunning work of visual art.
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Summary: nice movie
Review: This is a very good movie but I don't like the fact that it takes two dvds to show it. Besides that I think that this is a must buy for any Lord of the Rings fan.
Rating:
Summary: Great
Review: This is a very good set. You will get 4 movie discs. 2 of them will be the extended movie. The other 2 will be interviews, etc. with the people who worked on the movie, including most of the actors. There is also a National Geographic disc that talks alot about JRR Tolkien and the books that are the basis of the movie. Also included in the set is two statue bookends. I would recommend this set for big LOTR fans. The 4 disc set and the National Geographic CD add up to about the cost of the whole set.
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