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Summary: My Favorite Movie
Review: Excellent movie, became my #1 movie after I saw it. Can't wait for the next two.
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Summary: DVD Problems
Review: Excellent movie, but this DVD did not work on my Philips DVD player correctly. The movie freezes up about half way through... This does not happen on all DVD players though.
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Summary: Wait to buy
Review: Excellent movie, but wait to buy it. Another release is coming out towards the end of November. It is supposed to have even more deleted scenes available & possibly "R" rated.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: Excellent movie, excellent story. I'm sick and tired of the usual Hollywood fare of doctors, cops, lawyers, and serial killers. We need more fantasy and science fiction in our lives because these are the stories that make us think and use our imaginations. We need exposure to ideas that challenge our perspectives and beliefs, and to help us build tolerances for people and ideas that are different from the norm. Having said that, I think it's important to encourage our entertainment industry to take on more such projects. I'm surprised by the previous review, obviously a fellow fantasy fan, who didn't approve of the movie. This is a hard genre to film, and The Lord of the Rings was not only a successful attempt, it's my favorite film ever. But as a fantasy fan, I would be supportive even if it fell short of my expectations. After all, what are my other options? More doctor, cop and lawyer movies.
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Summary: lord of the rings- the movie
Review: excellent movie. as true to the book as you could expect. can't wait for the next movie in this series.
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Summary: Excellent & Highly Recommended
Review: Excellent presentation. The additional film content adds welcome information. If you're a LOTR fan then you will definitely prefer this version to the theatrical release.
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Summary: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Review: Excellent, excellent, excellent! This is what everyone has been waiting for since the release of the animated version, which was also quite good. Elijah Wood couldn't have been replaced by another to play Frodo. One of the most astonishing films of my time and generation! Peter Jackson has done it!
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Summary: Awesom! I'm waiting 4 DVD
Review: Exelcent!! I can say nothing about it. How did Peter Jackson do this, is he human or Habbits? ^_^I think FOTR is a PERFECT works£¬and it is the one of the best movies i'v ever seen!
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Summary: Faithful
Review: Faithful to the book, great action in the battle scenes, beautiful scenery of New Zealand... I have to wait HOW LONG to see the parts 2 & 3 !!??
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Summary: A worthy film version of a classic fantasy
Review: Fanboys and girls of the anal-retentive sort need not apply. Really, I'm serious here. Don't go if you're going to whine about how this word got changed or that character is no longer in the story, because you'll drive yourself and everyone around you mad within about ten minutes. I also say this because I want to make a point about the difference between a novel and a film, a difference that a lot of people never seem to grasp. While some folks might want to see a twelve or fifteen hour mini-series in which we watch every step out of the Shire, every meal and listen to every talking head at the council of Elrond, the audience, even among true fans would be very limited. What reads well does not always film well and vice versa. Decisions were made and for the most part I think they were made well. Cutting Tom Bombadil was very sensible, IMO, since there's almost no way to film him without turning him (at best) into one of those quaint, goofy characters you find in so many monster movies of the thirties and early forties. At worst...well there wouldn't be a dry seat in the house. Replacing Glorfindel with Arwen on the flight to Rivendell was an excellent choice because it lets us see an Arwen who is not only her father's daughter but a worthy mate for Aragorn. And Glorfindel never appears again so what's really lost? These choices make good dramatic sense, and for better or worse, a filmmaker has to think along dramatic lines not literary ones. It's true that I wish more time could have been given to some things, but I also believe that it's possible that many of these issues will be used to good dramatic advantage in the second and third films. As to the film that is, as opposed to the one that might have been, I have a tremendous amount of admiration for Peter Jackson and his crew for having pulled off what I thought would be an almost impossible task. They've made a film which, while it remains true to the spirit of the book, is very accessible. The hard work shows here in every scene, though never intrusively. The sets just look right, they have an air of reality, of age and even decay. The casting is spot-on in most cases, and the casting of Elijah Wood as Frodo was masterful. I've never been a fan of his but I have nothing but admiration for the way he's played a very difficult role so far. The camera work can be a bit intense, I admit, rushing from sharp close-up to vast vista and back. It can be dizzying, especially if you're sitting towards the front of the theater. And some of the extreme close-ups (the ones which let you count the pores in people's noses) are overwhelming. But the lighting of the film is superb, with each choice having a meaning and setting the mood perfectly. One of the biggest stumbling blocks to any fantasy that includes non-human creatures, is how those creatures come across. I found the choices pretty consistently good. The Orcs are almost a textbook illustration of the word "abomination" so when Sauruman recounts the story of how they were orginally created from captive Elves, you see the resemblance, and it becomes all that much more awful. The Balrog, which could have been merely laughable, was genuinely fearsome. (Here comes something the Orcs are afraid of; we are in deep trouble!) Frankly, it would take a much longer review to do justice to this film. The best I can say to you is this: If you're not a rigid purist, then go. Enjoy it. Don't feel even remotely guilty for liking what's up there on the screen. It's a good film and that's the best we could have hoped for. If you're new to the story, you may find yourself a bit lost from time to time, but it shouldn't be a bar to enjoying the film. And perhaps you'll decide to read the book afterwards. Either way, think of the film and the book as complimentary entities, the one informing the other. You can enjoy either or both if you can set aside expectations and concentrate on what is there on the screen for us. Highly recommended.
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