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Summary: greatest movie ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The fellowship of the ring was far better than I expected!! I loved the action scenes and was greatly suprised at how actually creepy the nazgul(ringwraiths or dark riders)were! New Zealand was the best place to shoot the scenes. My favorite characters were Aragorn, legolas, frodo and the other hobbits and the ringwraiths. I think that Elijah Wood matched frodo perfectly and that if they chose any other person to play frodo it wouldn't match. All the cast played and looked quite similar to what I imagined them looking and acted like when I read the lord of the rings books. I can't wait till the two towers and the return of the king come out in theaters and I'm going to see them the same amount of times that I saw the fellowship of the ring (8 times) or more!!!! I loved every scene in this movie and loved the beautiful backround scenes
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Summary: A Great Movie and Start to a new masterpiece trilogy
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring, based on the first book of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, is one impressive movie that exceeds most of the expectations of fans of Fantasy adventures. I suggest that you read the books because there is nore material covered in the book than in the movie. The world and scenery is incredible. The New Zealand setting is a good place to film the movie. The world, peoples, languages, and story shows how much of an amazing imagination Tolkien has through this movie. Elijah Wood is okay as Frodo Baggins but Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom, and Hugo Weaving has done impressive acting as Gandalf, Aragorn, Boromir, Arwen, Legolas and Elrond. The action and adventure in the movie is far superior that it beats the fantasy movie Dungeons and Dragons by a huge margin. The story is well developed in the movie and the crew has done an excellent job trying to stay true to the book. It is unfortunate that Peter Jackson and the screenwriters had to cut out some important scenes from the book in order to fuse the whole 400-page story to a three hour movie, making Tolkien fans unhappy but the movie continues work well without those scenes. As for the extra features, they have a huge collection of featurettes which gives a look at how the movie was made with the trailers and a preview for the next movie. The thing that disapoints me is that there is no deleted scenes and they are going to release it in another DVD edition that costs more. It's probably that there's no room in the two discs. This is a movie for those who love adventure and a great story so if you are not interested in these two things, go look for something else unless you really want to experience this great movie. If you have read the books, the Lord of the Rings is a great movie to experience the story. I am looking forward to the next chapter, The Two Towers on Christmas 2002.
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Summary: More anticipated than Star Wars Episode I, perhaps?
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring, being the first installment of the Lord of the Rings "trilogy," has to be one of the most highly anticipated movies of this new millenium. Although many people tout the recent Star Wars prequel as being the "most anticipated movie of all time," I would challenge them to show just where they get their figures. But regardless of numbers, I'm sure that the combined force of the decades of non-stop popularity of Tolkien's work, the incredible following that it has acquired over the years in both children and adults alike, and the amazing world of fantasy and adventure created by the author, will prove to be the perfect ingredients required to make this movie a hit this coming Christmas. Over the next three years, I believe that we will see this movie become one of the best "book to film" movies ever, even if it's not the most anticipated.
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Summary: Visually Stuning, yet flawed.
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring, is a well made film that deviates from the book in unthoughtful ways. Despite visually rich cinematography the film lacks cohesion and character development. Gandalf is is suberbly acted, but needless changes have been made to make him more falible. An example would be Elrond telling him the ring can't stay in Rivendell. Of course it can't, Gandalf discovered the ring, is imprisioned over the ring, tells Frodo numerous times the ring must be destroyed, and yet he has the vain notion that it can stay forever in Rivendell? Come on, this is PC Hollywood trying to make a character "more human", it makes no sense. There are several other troubling points in the film, that feel more like the Super Friends or some dopey action film like Face-Off. For instance, when the company of nine have been decided, Elrond says "and you shall be called the Fellowship of the Ring." I half expected Superman to fly into the frame and say "The Justice League will support you too!" Get real, the nine are on what they feel is a hopeless and solemn quest, the don't need a dopey label to know what they are.
There are several such lamentable changes to the film, both in storyline and dialogue. The worst probably being in the end of the film when Aragorn says "Let's hunt some Orc!" Good Lord, did Peter Jackson put on his Arnord-tinted glasses when he approved that line, or is he just more concerned about making a "movie" than he is about telling a story. Muses have been around for a long time, pesonally I think it is because men need inspiration to create, and little inspires man more than women. Unfortunately in this case, I think the muse that hit Peter Jackson was the typical Hollywood muse for over the top profit. Anyone who has read the books will be disappointed by the lack of character development, and the disjointed and rushed storyline.
The main culprit, may be the medium itself. To make a truly Grand epic, where characters grow, suspense builds, and subtle tension reigns, "The Lord of the Rings" should be a Television mini-series akin to Lonesome Dove or Centennial, both of which are excellent and much more detailed and faithful adaptations of the books that inspired them. Spend you 8.50 on a copy of "The fellowship of the Ring", buy a good pair of slippers while you're out, and curl up in a chair and read. Your patience and attention will be rewarded.
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Summary: Fellowship of the Ring is an Instant Classic
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring, New Zealander Peter Jackson's first installment of a trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, is an entertaining and awe-inspiring movie. With a multi-national cast, majestic landscapes, jaw-dropping special effects, and a riveting story, Jackson's visual journey to Middle-Earth is one of those rare fantasy films that lives up to the term "instant classic."Jackson, who not only co-authored the screenplay with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and was one of the line producers, directed Fellowship and its two sequels (The Two Towers and The Return of the King) in a single shoot (with scheduled re-shoots when necessary) so that there would only be 1-year intervals between each movie's release. The intervening time could then be devoted to post-production and special effects work. While this seems risky -- and moviemaking is a business where risk is involved -- the gamble taken by Miramax and New Line Cinema certainly paid off well. The Fellowship of the Ring begins with a prologue that explains how Sauron, the Dark Lord, conceived Rings of Power to ensnare the various races of Middle Earth under his rule. To control these Rings of Power, he forged in secret a Master Ring, the One Ring that could find them all "and in the darkness bind them." But Sauron loses the Ring when he is defeated in battle against a final Alliance of Men and Elves, and for centuries the One Ring is lost and forgotten. The prologue continues with an abridged version of an episode from Tolkien's The Hobbit, when Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) finds it -- providentially -- in Gollum's (Andy Serkis) cave. Then, with a pastoral theme by composer Howard Shore and a corresponding change of scenery, we are introduced to the protagonist of the story, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood). Like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope, Frodo doesn't realize that he is going to be tossed into a large conflict between light and darkness. Yet, when the great wizard Gandalf (magnificently played by Sir Ian McKellen) enlists him on a quest to keep the One Ring from returning to its dark master, Frodo accepts the responsibility and goes off on his own adventure. The standard 2-disc set released last summer presents this movie in its entirety on disc 1 -- with no extra features whatsoever --no director/cast commentary or foreign language audio track/subtitles. There are two versions presently available of this "regular" edition, Widescreen and full-screen (pan-and-scan). The sound is good on my regular Samsung TV, and the image is sharp and clear...even though I suspect the movie would look far better on a bigger television set. The extra features on Disc Two are all right but not earthshaking, either. There are short featurettes and trailers, Enya's May It Be music video, plus promotional materials for the Extended Version DVD and Electronic Arts' video game "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
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Summary: Theatrical Version of the first installment: brillant.
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring, theatrical version, is in my opinion, the best movie of 2001. Therefore, of course you need to own it on DVD. The amount of special footage that Peter Jackson and his crew have stuffed on these DVDs is unmatched these days.
However, if you have to decide between the extended version and this version, I would go for the extended version. Unless you're an obsessive fan and need both anyhow. After seeing the quality of the "cut" stuff from the Fellowhship EE, I realized the main reasons for their editing was either time or some sort of minor pacing issue Peter Jackson had. Neither of which are a problem on DVD and I would by all means, rather have the extended version.
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Summary: Extended DVD version deserves high praise
Review: The Fellowship of the Ring, theatrical version, was a great movie. Yet Peter Jackson has managed to turn a great movie into a mediocre one by producing this absolute masterpiece. The extended DVD version of The Fellowship of the Ring deserves the highest praise. In this DVD release, Jackson has made a movie for the Tolkien fan, and it proves to be the movie that everyone should have seen in the first place.
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Summary: The Fellowship Of The Rings
Review: The Fellowship Of The Rings is a magical journy of a hobbit named Frodo Baggins. He is Bilbo Baggins nephew, little dose Frodo know that his uncle Bilbo has the possetion of a little golden ring. Frodo is left with the burden of destroing the ring with the help of his frllow hobbits San Gamgee, Pippin Took, and Merry Brrandybuck and others. The Lord Of The Rings is a five star movie and has won 13 oscer awards. The Lord Of Thr Rings was written by J.R.R. Tolken and is one of the best movies of the year.
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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: The best I've seen
Review: The Fellowship Of The Rings is the best movie I have seen in my life. I especially liked Aragon. His character was so heroic. I liked the orcs just as well. They were so scary. I liked the part when the fire demon was chasing them. It was kind of sad because Gandalf falls off the bridge. But in the second movie I think he comes back. I recomend this movie to people who like scary action movies. I can't wait untill December to see the second movie,The Two Towers.
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