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Summary: Every detail of Tolkien's world has been recreated perfectly
Review: Peter Jackson's movie of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring," first part of a three-film adaptation of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is amazing.
Right away you will know what's going on with a quick and efficient introduction outlining the forging of the rings of power, the creation of the One Ring, battle for Middle Earth, Isilidor defeats Sauron and inherits the ring. The ring is lost and thousands of years later found by the creature Golum and then Bilbo.
We view the Shire full of green and goodness, the evil flames of Mordor and the Orks, The awesome ringwraths clothed in layers of black, Rivendel the Elvish Paradise, the deep caves of Moria, and the woods of Lothlorian. Every location has been recreated perfectly giving us a completely believable world straight from Tolkien's books.
Everything about this movie is amazing and full of detail. The music of Howard Shore complements every scene bringing it to perfection. Watch this movie and take a look at Tolkien's world, through the eyes of Peter Jackson for a simply remarkable viewing experience.
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Summary: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Review: 5 out of 5 stars = "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring"
Reviewer: Daniel Misciagna from Kingsport, Tennessee United States
"The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" is a great, yet spectacular, movie. It is filled with action, adventure, drama, fantasy, a little romance, and fun. Director Peter Jackson, and his crew, did a lot of work to make the author J.R.R. Tolkiens "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy books, which I have read, come to life on the big screen so you have to give them credit. Though this movie does not perfectly follow the books I can understand why they cut, added, and changed some parts to it. Books and movies are two totally different things and you cannot make a movie exactly like a book, the audience just would not go for it. The actors and actresses did a very splendid job on acting like the characters from the author J.R.R. Tolkiens "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy books. There are a lot of fantasy characters brought to life from the books on this movie such as: ringwraiths, the watcher in the water, orcs, a cave troll, the balrog demon, elves, dwarves, wizards, and hobbits. I am glad this movie was directed in New Zealand because the land mass there looks just like the land mass the author J.R.R. Tolkien describes the land of Middle-Earth in "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy books. The special effects, art direction, and music score in this movie are very excellent. "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" is a great, yet spectacular, five star movie directed by Peter Jackson. I highly recommend you buy "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" on VHS or DVD. This fantastic movie is the winner of four Oscars (Academy Awards)! Congratulations to director Peter Jackson and his crew!
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Summary: Great movie; purists.. chill out!
Review: This was a great movie; one of the best fantasy movies brought to the big screen. Obviously, Tolkien purists are going to have some problems with it; there are some deviations from the original story. Some of these changes are more significant than others, but most have no real effect on the story.. The visuals are very impressive and the characters do a great job.. Gandalf is portrayed pretty much exactly as I hoped he would be.. All in all, if you like fantasy movies, this one is top-notch.. If you're a Tolkien fanatic, you're going to notice some differences but I think the author himself would be the first to tell people not to get hung up on every little detail.. Now if they'll only bring Dragonlance to the big screen..
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Summary: May It Be an Oscar winner (well, at least "The Return...")
Review: "The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring" is a great opening to a trilogy of hopefully great movies (we have yet to see "The Return of the King"). Plot, characters, music, everything is great. And the digital grading made the movie look much better than your mainstream fantasy movies. In modern times, fantasy movies have gotten a bad reputation, not only because movies like "Reign of Fire" and "Dungeons And Dragons". Wait... it's mainly because of movies like them. But "The Fellowship of the Ring" beat the odds and established itself as one of the best movies of all time. "The Two Towers" even broke the alltime record of most views in 3 days (formerly held by "The Lion King"). So, the Academy didn't like the movie quite as much as the "normal" people, but "The Fellowship of the Ring" has won the "Best movie" awards at most other award shows, mainly those whose winners are elected by the public. And the Academy doesn't like fantasy either. I mean, most of the members are old people who like movies like "A Beautiful Mind" (American heroes). The actors were all great and believable. The difference in the sizes of Gimli and the hobbits were so believable that I stopped noticing it after a very short while. The special effects were all great, all except for Gollum. I mainly don't like him because his eyes are quite different from how they look in "The Two Towers". And the music is great. Original and moving. "The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm" (last part) combined with Gandalf "dying" moved me to tears... several times (different viewings). This is a great movie, no matter what the Academy thinks. Buy it, watch it and then watch all of the extras. I watched it all, even the commentary tracks, each at least 3 times!
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Summary: SIMPLY THE BEST!
Review: Okay, some 'funny' moron(s) tried to bring down the ratings of this awesome achievement with his/her/their hilarious 1-star reviews, but believe me, this film ROCKS!! One immediate improvement over the books, IMO: no Tom Bombadil, yay! (My apologies to his fans.) And, the way it was exquisitely filmed, directed and acted, could this film e-v-e-r be too long? I don't think so! I personally wouldn't have minded an extra hour of deleted footage... so what if you have to watch it over two nights? Well done, Peter Jackson, you richly deserve your accolades!
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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: Although I have never read Professor Tolkien's books, I can only hope that he is looking down, smiling proudly at the films that Mr. Jackson and his band of mates have made. The cinematography is beautiful and I can't imagine anyone else playing these characters now. Truly a benchmark in epic filmaking!
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Summary: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Review: "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" is a great, yet spectacular, movie. It is filled with action, adventure, drama, fantasy, a little romance, and fun. Director Peter Jackson, and his crew, did a lot of work to make the author J.R.R. Tolkiens "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy books, which I have read, come to life on the big screen so you have to give them credit. Though this movie does not perfectly follow the books I can understand why they cut, added, and changed some parts to it. Books and movies are two totally diferent things and you cannot make a movie go exactly like a book, the audience just would not go for it. The actors and actresses did a very splendid job on acting like the characters from the author J.R.R. Tolkiens "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy books. There are a lot of fantasy characters brought to life from the books on this movie such as: ringwraiths, the watcher in the water, orcs, a cave troll, the balrog demon, elves, dwarves, wizards, and hobbits. I am glad this movie was directed in New Zealand because the land mass there looks just like the land mass the author J.R.R. Tolkien describes the land of Middle-Earth in "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy books. The special effects, art direction, and music score in this movie are very excellent. "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" is a great, yet spectacular, five star movie by Peter Jackson. I highly recommend you buy "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" on VHS or DVD. This movie is the winner of four Academy Awards! congratulations to director Peter Jackson and his crew!
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: While this isn't something that hasn't already been said, Peter Jackson truly got almost everything right in the movie. In a few parts, he even made a few improvements from the book. That being said, the extended version is a much better form of the movie. More scenes add many details that had to be left out of the theatrical version for time. We are lucky that the studio allowed PJ to include all the extra scenes for this new release.
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Summary: it was alright
Review: finally watched this Film recently to see what all the hype was all about&while I enjoyed the direction&Shots through out the film I felt like I was watching something along the lines of Harry Potter&this film like that Film just wasn't my cup of tea but it was interesting for being a time period piece if nothing else.
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Summary: Screw the Academy-this was the Best Picture!
Review: Peter Jackson can't be complimented enough for this film. Who'd have thought this massive book could be so well adapted into a 3 hr film? The trilogy was my favorite book for years and I read it twice, at 13 and again at 23. I'd forgotten parts of the book like Tom bombadil but what's on screen captures the feel and spirit of the books, like the scene in Rivendell where Bilbo demands the ring back. Like the books, you're drawn into this vividly imagined world with larger than life characters on an epic quest against impossible odds. Throw in great set design, a haunting score, well staged battle scenes, heartbreaking moments, strong performances all around, especially Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen, and it's ridiculous that this lost out to "A Beautiful Mind". Alright, I'm partial but let's hope the Academy makes up for the oversight next year and awards the third segment. The best film I've seen in a long time.
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