The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring


The Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Ring
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The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
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Synopsis: An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

Rating:PG-13 For Epic Battle Sequences and Some Scary Images

Run Time:208 Minutes

Director:Peter Jackson

Dvd Extra's: (4 Disk Extended Edition)
Disk 1 and 2: Full Movie, Audio Commentary: The Director and Writers, The Design Team, The Production / Post Production Team, The Cast.
Disk 3: Introduction, J.R.R. Tolkien - Creator of Middle Earth, From Book to Script, visualizing the Story, Designing and Building Middle Earth, Middle - Earth Atlas, New Zealand As Middle Earth.
Disk 4: Filming The Fellowship of the Ring, Visual Effects, Post Production: Putting It All Together, Digital Grading, Sound and Music, the Road Goes On.

Hidden Features:
Go to Special Features then Central Park. Highlight 'Documentaries' then hit LEFT, which causes a halo to appear. Press ENTER then repeat the same process, but when the halo is selected, press LEFT, then DOWN, then RIGHT. Now you can watch the Fellowship of the Rings trailer. The film plays from the beginning with pop-up links to video clips and text pieces.
Highlight 'Play Movie' then press UP to highlight the "New Line Cinema" logo. SELECT it to reveal the DVD's production credits. Pause the DVD for about 5 minutes and The Usual Suspects cover appears.
Go to the last page of credits on the second DVD and to the last chapter number. Highlight it and then press down. A picture of a tower should appear, then Peter Jackson appears and tells you that you are about to see the trailer for TTT that was shown at the end of Fellowship's run.
On Disc 1, choose the 'Scene Selection' option. Access the last page. Scroll down all of them – after the last scene scroll down further and you’ll find the MTV spoof with a little Peter Jackson intro.

Nudity Factor: None

Of Note: Originally the narration at the prologue was to be spoken by Elijah Wood, but it was felt that the information imparted had little bearing on the character of Frodo. Ian McKellen also recorded a narration but once again it was felt that Gandalf wasn't the right character to speak it. They eventually settled on Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, as it emphasizes the timelessness of the elves.

Trailer: Click Here
Review by: Jason James
Rating:
The three films as a whole are what all fantasy films of the future will be judged by. The Fellowship of the Ring, the first of three sets the tone and is an epic film on its own. It starts out with an excellent introduction to the series that put me in awe right from the start. The sets are beyond expectations and have set a level of perfection that movies in the future will struggle to achieve. Peter Jackson did an excellent job not forgetting the details. As you watch this film you see so many things that could have been left out of the film but Jackson put it on his shoulders to not leave out any details (just forget about Tom, just let it go). This film is full of wonder from start to finish - from Hobbitin - to Rivendell - to Moria - to Lothlorien. If you have not watched this film you should not be reading my reviews because we must have different tastes in movies. This movie really can't be put on a scale as it is in a class of it own.
Review by: Shooter
For space saving reasons and to keep my fingers from cramping up I'm going to only write one review for these three movies as they are really one epic movie anyways and always meant to be that way.
I was chomping at the bit and waiting and waiting for Fellowship to come out. I was so excited that I went to see it on opening day and I almost never do that. Luckily I wasn't disappointed and as Jason said this film and series set the bar to which all other fantasy films will be judged. The biggest problem I had after watching this movies was waiting for the DVD to come out, and then waiting for the extended edition to come out and then waiting for "The Two Towers" Why are these movies so good? Because of the extensive back story that was already there for Peter Jackson to draw from. J.R.R. tolkien created a world with his books that is so detailed a director would have to work to screw it up. Just to give you an idea of the detail set forth in these books and movies Tolkien was a linguist among other things and even invented the languages that are used. That's right, Elven is a real language and Rohan has it's own language based on Old English; in fact, all of the languages in middle earth were created by Tolkien. Peter Jackson did a good job by staying as true to the books as possible and I've yet to meet a LOTR fan who didn't like both. The epic scale of these three movies, wonderful scenery, acting, and plot are second to one in my opinion. I especially liked Ian Mckellan as Gandalf. He played the part perfectly and as in the book was the glue that kept the fellowship together. These movies lacked the cheesiness that the fantasy genre is notable for and made it all believable, no matter how fantastic.
My only quarrel would be the ending of "Return of the King" I would have rather it been more true to the book but I think it would have been a 4 hour movie then.
My recommendation is to buy all three of the extended versions. Instead of the usual useless extra's and a few more minutes of footage some of the extended versions add 45 minutes or more to the movie and put in many more things from the book. the scenes are finished, not black and white or unrendered, and fit seamlessly into the movie. If you like fantasy at all you will love these movies.