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Summary: I've been waiting for this for years
Review: I have always wanted to see a movie version of the Lord of the Rings. I have feared, at the same time, that it would not live up to the novel(s).This movie does just that. It is amazingly well done. Yes, I know there were some aspects added and that it wasn't 100% true to the novel. All of this is easily overlooked due to the incredible vison of Peter Jackson and the craft behind the movie. For those who are not Tolkien fans, my wife thought it was enjoyable, though she would not see it again. I think everyone should at least give it a try - fan or not of the genre.
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Summary: Lord of the Rings was Hot!
Review: I loved this movie. I hadn't read the books, but when I saw this movie, I decided to read them. They chose the perfect actors for it, and I just love this film.
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Summary: The Best of the Best
Review: Having at last seen all three installments of Jackson's beautiful trilogy, I can say that the only problem would be picking the best of the three. I have leaned toward "Fellowship," I think, because of it's sheer beauty. The greens of the Shire, the russet colors of Rivendell, the Silvers of Lothlorien...the Alan Lee and John Howe designs convey the peaceful, the powerful, the majestic and the endangered. Perhaps because this film, like the book it is based on, is, for its first two thirds, the calm before the storm of action, terror, and violence that will permeate the next two films, it is the most able to convey total harmony in all it's parts. The artistic design, the music, and the acting are all perfectly inspired and inspiring, fueled and fueling of one another. So much has been said of these films that it is hard to add anything meaningful; but I would like to add my opinion here because I feel these films have been a gift, of a sort, to all whose hearts are open to their messages.
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Summary: Blows "Star Wars" series out of the water
Review: The best way to realize a great film nowadays is to count the number of Oscars it DIDN'T win. The cocaine addicts who pat themselves on the back every mid-February with self-praising odes are simply minions of Hollywood, our Earth's equivalent of Mordor. They know nothing of what a great film consists. Needless to say, I admit I was a bit hesitant to give this film a chance, fearing it would parallel too close to the Harry Potter disasters. Fortunately, I was wrong. The film's effects were state-of-the-art, of course, but the effects were never used to disguise a plotless script. Plot was plentiful, and you actually connect with almost every character in one way or another. Gandalf's fall in Moria was probably the saddest part in the film, and he wasn't one of my favorite characters to begin with. The scenery is amazing, and the movie's basic concept of good vs. evil is taken to astounding new levels. Peter Jackson executed not only a fantastic directing job, but has with him a superb cast of highly talented but rarely heard of actors and actresses. More power to them. It's nice to see an occasional film in which theatrical talent actually exists, unlike the vast majority of recycled garbage that passes through the bowels of southern California nowadays.
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Summary: Will someday be required viewing for film students
Review: The Lord of the Rings is to our generation as Wizard of Oz was to Cinema Past. It has redefined the way we watch movies like no other films before it. There's not a whole lot I can say about these films that haven't been said already. You OWE it to yourself to see these movies. The Extended Versions of these films are in my opinion are superior to the theatrical cuts, just for the fact that I can't get enough of the Lord of the Rings. Here is my advice if you've never seen LOTR before. Watch the theatrical cut. If you love it, come back and be ready to have your senses pounded because the Extended Cuts will rock your world. If you have seen the theatrical cuts and are debating about getting this because you were lukewarm on the movie...buy it. Don't even hesitate for a second. Buy the extended versions. Questions you may have had are answered and the places that seem a little short in the movie are better explained.
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Summary: An Emotional, Six-Star Journey
Review: The Fellowship of the Rings is an emotional journey that is not an adventure, but a quest. The nine members of the fellowship have a quest, and a common goal. Peace, honor, overcoming their foes, and living happily and peacefully is the goal. However, during the film, the many malfeasances and battles that occur are what give this movie it PG-13 rating. In comparison to The Fellowship of the Rings, some other movies seem monotone, dull, and so simple that it boggles. The difficulty and preparation put into this motion picture is emormous, and, even if you do not find it satisfying, or you plainly don't like this film, you must at least admire the labor and time out into it. The acting is superb, the actors and actresses are superb. They fit the roles perfectly. The background and scenery is staggering. Tall, beautiful, green mountains and rocky, sheer dropoffs will take your breath away. The bright, starry woods of Lothlorien will keep you mesmerised, and the gorgeous, rustic beauty of Rivendell includes waterfalls and dazzling greenery.
The nine includethe son of a steward, a king in self-exile who is in love with an elf, a dwarf, four unlikely hobbits, an elf, and a powerful, mysterious wizard. The move has so much more than this, but I don't want to give it away!
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Summary: Best Movie in the World!!!
Review: Oh my gosh!!!!! This movie is by far the best movie I have ever seen. The storyline is incredible, and the acting is amazing. You must see this movie no matter what. I would rate this movie 10 stars if I could. After I saw it once I had to see it again the next day (be carefull a movie like this can be addictive) and then I saw the other two, which weren't as good as this. Seeing this movie was an experience i'll never forget.
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Summary: A heretic recants
Review: I was not especially taken with Peter Jackson's films, but was sufficiently intrigued by them to read the story, and wasn't especially swayed by that either - Tolkein's masterwork is a heavily over-written linear, episodic chaser providing the context for a devoutly catholic (and therefore fairly block-headed) rumination on good and evil - the sort of thing you don't see too often in these post modern times (and three cheers for that). What did impress me, though, was Tolkien's complete universe of Middle Earth, with its different languages, cultures, history, literature and mythology. This is a collossal feat of imagination and erudition, and to my mind far outstrips the value of the stories which, as I said, I found for the most part pretty dull. Having wathced the extended edition DVD has opened my eyes to Peter Jackson's equivalent achievement - not through a re-watching of the film (although the additional half-hour is a marked improvment), but by watching the two "appendix" discs dealing with the making of the movie. To say Jackson and his team (especially the Weta Workshop) have an loving eye for detail is to massively understate the efforts they went to to visualise Tolkien's middle earth. No detail was spared, and the pity is that (rather like the books) much of the effort, skill, wit and invention will go totally unnoticed by the cinema-going public: the metalwork and engraving on the elven swords, the cultural motifs embedded into the design of the various creatures' weapons, the architecture of the various cities, even the fact that one poor soul at Weta spent three years and 12 miles of plastic pipe handmaking chain-mail just so the dwarves' and hobbits' armour looked convincing. Utterly amazing, and it gives me a new-found respect for the films - this is a labour of love as opposed to a reinterpretation, and on that level it is an overwhelming triumph.
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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: It was better than the original release
Review: I was so much more impressed with the extended version than the original. There were some things missing from the theatrical release that would explain things that happen in the upcoming sequels. These gaps were filled, most notably Galadriel giving Sam the rope that he later uses against...if you haven't read the books for awhile, I won't ruin it for you. However, I recall Sam finding the rope in one of the boats. His gift from Galadriel was not the rope. The "gift set" cds have more background information than even the most knowledgeable Tolkien fan would want, interviews with everyone from the actors to the gaffers, it seems. Worth it for the bookends that are included, if nothing else.
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