The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

My Rating: 100%


Alright everybody. i've written a total of 97 reviews now. only three more to go and then i've finally reached 100 reviews. I have been waiting a long time for this moment. because this is the point where I finally write my reviews to my favorite trilogy of all time The Lord of the Rings. Now how this basically is going to go is that currently in theaters, they have this Fathom Events thing where on June 14th, 21st, and 28th at night, they show the exteneded edition to all the movies. And I found this a perfect oppertunity as to when to write my reviews 98-100. heck i bought my tickets MONTHS ago. So last Tuesday (the 14th) was when they did The Fellowship of the Ring and tommorow they are doing The Two Towers. I was a little busy so I wasn't until just now that I had the time to write my review to Fellowship before going to see Two Towers. and by the way guys, seeing the first one extended edition on a theater screen is WONDERFUL!!! I mean you can see so much more detail that you haven't noticed before. and to think, that same things is going to happen to me, my friends that are doing this thing with me, and many other fans with Two Towers and Return of the King. (singing) SCORE!!!!!!!!!! But enough about that. let's look into the first one.


Plot:This all began almost four thousand years before the events of the films when these rings were made. Three where given to the main Elf leaders, seven to the Dwarf-lords, and nine were given to the kings of Men, and they were all meant to be used to goven each race. But they were decieved because in the evil land of Morder in the volcano Mount Doom, the dark lord Sauron forged a ring to rule all of Middle-Earth. At first the free people fell to the power of the ring but an alliance of Men and Elves fought against Sauron and his army of orcs. Eventually, Sauron was defeated by Prince Isildur when he cut off the ring from Sauron's finger. Isildur however, corrupted by the ring, did not destroy it. eventually it was lost when Isildur was ambushed by orcs and then found again by the creature Gollum many years later. but 5 1/2 centuries later, Gollum lost it and was found by a hobbit named Bilbo Baggens of the Shire. The film begins 60 years after Bilbo found the ring when his nephew, Frodo gained possesion of the ring.

This movie is AWESOME!!!! I mean what makes Fellowship of the Ring so good, and viewed the best in the trilogy to some people is how this whole fictional world of Middle Earthis being introduced to us with all of these races from Hobbits to elves, places from The Shire to Lothlorein and creatures such as trolls and a Watcher and a Balrog. It's so beautiful in cinemetography while introducing us with wonderful characters, good or evil, that we will never forget.


Actors/Characters:
Elijah Wood/Frodo Baggins: Now one issue most people who especially have read the book might not have really loved Frodo right away. I meant he Frodo from the book tried to pick a fight a slight bit more than he did in the movie. Main example is that he actually tries to drive the Nazgul away during Weathertop. But lucky, we can all let that go and acknowledge him as a remarkable character still with so much spirit and courage. Wood did an Excellent job with his acting in this film.
Ian McKellen/Gandalf the Grey:McKellen did pretty good too. I think he was perfect for the part with his focus on the quest at hand and remaining true to good even if he gets his but kicked.
Sean Astin/Samwise "sam" Gamgee: Sam is such a lovable character. Just as much spirit and as Frodo if not more at some points... he definitely has mroe courage though no mistake.
Viggo Mortensen/Strider aka Aragorn: Man this guy is an ultimate bad-a. I love the action with him, I love his story, just, how can you go wrong with Aragorn? I also peronsally love, from after reading the book how there was a point in any of the films where he shouted his war cry "Elendil!!!" after all.
Sean Bean/Borimir: Now naturally after seeing this film the first couple of times, I really didn't give a crap about Borimir because he seemed so evil. But that what's terrific about the extended editions is that you get to see him more as someone who is truly good...just had some magic corrupt him.
Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd/Meriodic "Merry" Brandybuck and Perregrin "Pippin" Took: Man these guys are so lovable. I mean Pippin was a slightly less witted and got into more trouble to the point where you can totally pity the guy, but that hardly leaves Marry when it comes to comedy. Which makes Monaghan all the more lovable when it came to his performace as Charlie Pace.
Orlando Bloom/Legolas: what the frick to I need to say? He's the ultimate archer bad-a. Everybody loves Legolas. Heck, I'm currently showing one of my best friends the series because she still hasn't seen it and while she generally loves everybody, you can tell she especialy loves Legolas.
John Rhys-Davies/Gimbli: another fine addition to our big collection of bad-a's and comedy relief. Gimbli is the best.
Christopher Lee/Saruman: And so i began with him being known for more than the possibly ever did in all his career. He did an excellent job as Saruman. interesting fact though; he is the only one, cast or crew to have actually met J.R.R. Tolkein, the writer of the books. and Tolkein actually gave Lee his blessing to be Gandalf for it they ever made a live action film. But when it happened, it turned out that he was better for Saruman (duh) so yeah.


Screenplay: excellent. well done.

Music:everybody loves the music. It works so well to experience what they were all experiencing. I think my favorite was the music in the beginning when you have this bright happy feeling about a marvelous place to witness when it came to Bilbo writing his Concerning Hobbits chapter for his book. It was a wonderful way to start the film from after he found the ring.

Editing: Very well done. a Perfect job to tell the story and to just show that world with...well...everything i've been blathering about this whole time.

And that is my review for The Lord of the Rings-The Fellowship Of The Ring. Tune in real soon for when I review The Two Towers.