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Summary: Literary genious turned cinema masterpiece
Review: This is one of the few movies I've seen that does justice to the book it represents. True, it doesn't follow the story exactly, but Peter Jackson did about as good a job as you can expect anyone to do in three hours. This movie is incredible. There simply is nothing to complain about. The acting is superb, with several cast members giving the performance of a lifetime. The special effects are breathtaking, and the stunts and fight scenes very memorable.
This film captivates you from the very start, when it tells the story of the rings, and holds you until the last moment, where we are left to wonder about the fate of the scattered fellowship (well, those who never read the books, at least). I knew this film was a masterpiece when my wife, who hates the fantasy genre, insisted on seeing it 3 times in theaters.
There is nothing but pure perfection in this film, and doubtless it will become as classic and legendary as the book that inspired it.
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Summary: A fanatic in Stanton, TN.
Review: This is one of the few times that the movie was better than the book. Years ago I bought all three books, and wore them out from reading. When the movie came out, I went and bought them again. The movie was great! The only gripe I have is having to wait a year for the next movie and yet another year for the final installment! I can't wait for it to come out on VHS.
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Review: This is one of the greatest fantasy stories ever. The characters of Aragorn, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, Gimli, Legolas, Elrond, Arwen, and pretty much every other character. The places such as Hobbiton, Rivendell, Lothlorien, Bree, Moria, Isengard, etc. Are literally amazing creations. If you buy one movie this year, seriously you should, buy The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Edition) DVD.
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Summary: GREAT movie
Review: This is one of THE greatest movies, and generations will remember it.
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Summary: "Let's go hunt some Orcs!" -Aragorn; The Lord of the Rings
Review: This is one of the most amazing movies I have ever seen! That is no understatement. It hits number 2 on my personal top ten list. The actors are wonderful and Peter Jackson is a miracle worker. I am at the edge of my seat waiting for the Two Towers!
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Summary: Love it!
Review: This is one of the most enthralling movies I have ever seen. The landscapes are beautiful, the acting perfection, and the special effects marvelous. I also love the score! The soundtrack is beautiful! Howard Shore did a marvelous job. To anyone who doesn't like this movie: you do not appreciate cinematic filmmaking at its best! I have watched this movie at leat 30 times and I still absolutely love it. You have to watch this movie! Granted, the storyline departs a bit from the book, but in the end it works out just fine. (I mean, in the book, Arwen had only 1 mention. They had to give her a LITTLE bit more depth if she was going to be in love with Aragorn!) I know some of you hate her, but she is really quite tolerable - even likeable. In short, this movie is a masterpiece! Buy it. Watch it. Love it.
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Summary: At last the words become motion!!!
Review: This is one of the most expected movies in the last 30 years! And thanks God it appears to be done as it should, with a great cast and a great bunch of bucks!!! No one will be disappointed, except, of course, orcs!! A great great movie and the most stunning effects and makeups really bring this unique world to life.One movie to rule them all, one movie to find us -with our mouths open wide-, one movie to bring us all -to the closest theatre-, and in the darkness -of the cinema- bind us!!!!!
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Summary: ONE OF KIND
Review: This is one of the very few big-budget blockbusters that unqualifiedly deserves its success, and all we can do now is look forward with excitement to the release of "The Two Towers" in 2002 and "The Return of the King" in 2003. Like the books they came from, these three fillms will be cherished by future generations
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Summary: Read the Book!! The film is a travesty!
Review: This is perhaps my favourite book, and even though I didn't expect the film to be completely faithful to it, I was not prepared for this hideousness! All the nauseating hype beforehand, e.g. about the millions spent on recreating everything faithfully (I even remember the director being described as "a hobbit" - the hilarious Meet the Feebles tends to rebut that pretension!), served only to deepen my revulsion.
The book is full of beauty, depth, sadness, loss and grandeur, but it has been turned into just another Hollywood Blockbuster, with the violence amplified and glorified at the expense of all else (of course), with the egregious cod-Wagnerian soundtrack to boot. For example, the confrontation between Saruman and Gandalf never contained overt violence - Gandalf, having appraised the situation, did not resist physically. Events and characters merely mentioned in the book (e.g. orcs being spawned, Sauron) are spelled out, and lose their power in one's imagination for having been done so.
The characters are not developed in the film, and, in the case of the Elves, are unrecognisable. Elrond is reduced to a shallow, inhospitable, snippy irrelevance, instead of one of Middle Earth's wisest, with great depths of knowledge and insight. The word "Elf" ordinarily has a somewhat effeminate connotation in English, but not in Tolkien's tales; but the creators of this film do not understand - it's as if pointy ears are all that's necessary to portray one.
The sets are claustrophobic, with Lorien, Bree and Rivendell particular disappointments - Lorien was full of light in the book, a place "[without] sickness or deformity", but is a dark, cramped and twilit hiding place in the film. Bree is more like an imagined Victorian London than a rural outpost. Rivendell seems reduced to some sort of ornate tree house. And this is constant. The film just misses the point.
Maybe harking back to the book is not the way to review a film! But the story is such a large (and split) narrative, the film is almost incoherent without an understanding of the book.
The film tells of good and evil, but without showing the virtues of good, and while also failing to explain the evil. You are expected to support the heroes, as it is showed from their side, and because the villains are uglier and more brutal. No character in the film shows an understanding beyond the actions required in the narrative. The roles of females are increased - because it is the Hollywood formula - which says it all. It is an empty spectacle. Read the book.
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Summary: Great Version of LOTR but...
Review: This is possibly my favoritest movie but there are a few setbacks to it. For one, if you ahve a certain version of a dell computer, you cant play the movie on your computer. The extra 30 minutes of movie time makes the movie great! Oh yeah, on my version, the film is very bright. It is hard to see some of the mountain scenes and the sketches on the appendices. Otherwise it us a great movie for only around 10 more than the regular version!
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