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Summary: LOTR Film
Review: This is the finest movie I have seen in a very long time. LOTR has the distinction of being my alltime favorite movie. It has far surpassed every other favorite in my life, including The Wizard of Oz.I had never read the books, but after seeing the movie and being one hundred percent blown away, I immediately bought The Hobbit and Fellowship. After reading Fellowship, I must say that I became even more delighted with the movie. A fabulous job was done adapting the book to a screenplay. Everything was amazingly done. Gandalf is so powerful and impressive. The scene with him on the bridge of Khazadum is still my favorite. The cinematography was stunning, the acting supberb. I would gladly have sat down for the other two movies right then and there. If you are a long time fan of LOTR, go see this movie. If you have never read them, do so and see the movie, in either order. It's a must see and a must own when it is finally released on DVD. I cannot wait for the other two.
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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: A Great Movie Of Tolkien`s Trilogy!!!
Review: This is the first movie of Tolkien`s trilogy. This movie is about Frodo Baggins` (a Hobbit) adventure trough in world of men, wizards, elves, and dwarves in order to destroy Sauron's ring, one ring to rule them all, one ring of evil to rule the middle earth.
in this story,Frodo Baggins who comes to inherit the ring from his uncle, bilbo. with the help of the his kind friend, the wizard Gandalf, he finds out that this is the ring that Sauron had lost many years ago.
A Fellowship of Nine is formed from the races of Middle Earth to do one mission - to destory the ring in the mount doomin the very heart of Mordor, the realm of Sauron.
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Summary: Singularly great film
Review: This is the first of three films in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The ring was a convenient plot device when it first appeared in the short but enjoyable adventure, "The Hobbit", a trinket that allowed its founder, a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, to become invisible while battling goblins in his quest to return Thorin Oakenshield, the Dwarf King under the mountain, to his throne. In "Fellowship" we learn that the ring was crafted 25 centuries earlier as one of a group of rings - the others handed out lords of Elves, Dwarves and even men. Those rings offered power, but turned their bearers into wraiths, lifeless slaves of their crafter - the thoroughly evil Sauron. The ring found by Bilboa Baggins, however, was "the One", the ring worn by Sauron himself, the one that bound the others and held Sauron's power firmly in this world. Narrowly defeated 2500 years earlier, the evil sorcerer only appeared vanquished, waiting for his servants to reclaim the ring for him, so he could arise and again drown the world in his shadow. The One Ring, however, had a mind of its own, seducing those who found it and who have known better than to think they could bend it to their will. All of this is artfully explained in a voice over in the first few minutes of "Fellowship" for those of us who never read most or any of Tolkien's books. We then cut to "The Shire", the home of those notoriously unadventurous creatures called Hobbits, especially Bilboa Baggins (Ian Holm) who found the ring, Gandalf the Grey (Ian Mckellen, never looking quite so tall) the sage wizard and his old friend, and Frodo (Elijah Wood, who looked taller when he played younger roles years ago) who will have to carry the ring to the fires of Mount Doom in which it was forged. If you've got little experience with Tolkien's books, you'll still enjoy this film which briskly brings the saga to life without feeling the slightest bit abridged. Fast camerawork and a great script brings each scene to epic life, touching on major themes - the weakness of men, the nobility of the elves, the pervasive evil of the orcs and their dark lord, the love of Arwen and Aragorn (powerful enough to overcome her elvish immortality) and the collusion of the once noble Saruman with the cause of evil. This was the epic that the newer Star Wars movies couldn't be - a monster story never losing sight that it was about people rather than great effects and battles. Despite demons of fire and shadow, huge armies of orcs and one evil sorceror who sees all from an eye wreathed by fire, the story never lets you forget that this essentially the story of a band of heroes joined by some singularly undefined loyalty, the sort of folly that causes great evil, but here is used for good - which is why the characters seemingly walk on the edge of a blade (as Gladriel says; will Boromir succumb to the call of the ring? Will the noble Aragorn fall to the self doubt stemming from the critical weakness of his ancestors? And how can a hobbit hope to contend in the Land Of Mordor with an evil that had once swept men aside like gnats?) The script also excels in the way it surgically inserts the comprehensive lore of Middle Earth into its lines without slowing the pace or otherwise appearing to skimp on Tolkien's extensive continuity. At slightly over three hours, this is a flick that doesn't wear out its welcome, though just how many sweeping vistas and cool settings can you see? Also, Elijah Wood spends much of the film looking terrified - embodying neither the Hobbit traits of indolence nor his uncommon Baggins love of adventure, while Viggo Mortensen allows Aragorn's self doubts to keep him from becoming much of a person at all. Yet, by the end of the film, these faults are overcome. Though one of a series, Jackson matures his characters - Frodo continues into Mordor alone (with Samwise, but without the unerring elven bow of Legolas, the relentless dwarvish axe of Gimli, the sword of Boromir or the direction of Aragorn; even Sam's companionship was unexpected). The Fellowship is in other words destroyed, but something even stronger takes its place. I caught this flick on video, but don't intend to make the same mistake when "Two Towers" roles into theaters.
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Summary: Whoa!
Review: This is the first of three in an exciting series of epic tales. Talented actors like Viggo Mortenson and Elijah Wood, along with other incredible actors, brought this movie up. Outstanding! Weta did a great job on all of the effects, and the director was excellent.
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Summary: Great Book, Great Movie
Review: This is the first time a movie has captured the essence and accurately portrayed the story, characters, and places of a great book. The fantasy was truly brought to life and made me feel like I was in the story. An exceptional experience!
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Summary: Simply Incredible
Review: This is the Greatest DVD I've bought. The documentary on the making of the film is so thorough, that I felt like I was there during the entire pre-production and filming of the movie. I recommend this to true fans of the movie.
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Summary: Movielover
Review: This is the greatest movie ever made, with great actors and a terrific messagem it is a classic. Every household should own this movie, you will watch it over and over and each time see something greater in it than the last time.
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Summary: Stunning! A most faithful adaptation!
Review: This is the more faithful of Jackson's interpretations thus far of Tolkien's book(s) (since there was actually only ONE Lord of the Rings book, broken into 3 books for easier distribution, and more money for the publishers, I imagine). At least, it is the *extended* editions that are more faithful. I was SO glad to watch this version and have it stand in comparison to the theatrical release, which, while gripping and jaw-droppingly beautiful, left out some of my favorite scenes, as it invariably will, since everyone has their favorites. My favorite additional scenes are with Haldir and the elves in Lorien, especially the crucial gift-giving scenes, the extended end battle sequence with Boromir, Pippin and Merry, the Council of Elrond, and Aragorn singing on the road to Weathertop.
For those out there who haven't seen this version and explored the discs (I know a couple ppl!), there's a few easter eggs hidden on the discs. One being a somewhat gross, but damn funny MTV spoof on the Council of Elrond with Jack Black. All in all, the action follows the book, but Jackson has sped it up to keep interest and to keep the storyline from lagging (not always necessary when you've got text as gripping as Tolkien's as a source for your script!). There are enough quiet moments in the beginning to allow one to think, and then all hell breaks loose as the impending doom and serious nature of the ring of power is revealed. Jackson does a good job juxtaposing the quiet rural life of Hobbits and the peaceful balanced life of Elves with the nasty, trecherous, power-dominated world of Sauron's vision of Middle Earth.
*Downers:
This said, Frodo is much whinier and wimpy in the film than he ever was in the novels, if that was possible. What one might have felt for Frodo in the book (sorrow and frustration that the little guy just couldn't get a break from being hurt) turns into something of irritation with Frodo's constant whining and hopelessness. Yes, the journey was perilous, but while the Fellowship were all together, it made the impending doom seem a little more tolerable, and I don't think Hobbits ever truly despaired. Plus, Frodo was a tougher guy than Jackson's treatment allowed him. Sam's accent was something that irritated me throughout. He tried admirably well, but failed at the common-English-servant accent that should have permeated his speech (think not quite so Cockney).
Aside from little things such as these, this is one of the BEST movies around, full of great acting, directing and brilliant cinematography. Don't compare this to Harry Potter, since they're totally unrelated. Tolkien is more of an Epic-like Mediaeval Gothic Saga (anyone who's studied Germanic sagas and Mediaeval tales will tell you that Tolkien's LOTR novel reads just like one! not surprisingly, that was his inspiration!) and Harry Potter purely fantasy.
Bottom line: This is a fabulous, dignified treatment of the BEST book ever written!!!
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Summary: GREATEST MOVIE TRILOGY EVER!!!!!
Review: This is the most dazzling beginning of a movie trilogy ever. Therer are just four things that bother me:
1. THE STUPID ARWEN + ARAGORN LOVE STORY!!!!!
2. There is no Tom Bombadil (they could at least have him in the extended edition)
3. There is no Fatty Bolger.
4. The Prancing Pony scene could've been longer.
Anyway, I love this movie. It could've won more Oscars, though.
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