Review: Lord of the Rings

finally I've seen it, and I'll start off with saying that this is probably the best movie I've ever seen. I'll go a bit more into it , of course.

Book/Movie:
There are some differences from the book in the movie, something is cut out, and some things are added. This I found very well done, the things that were changed made the movie better. things best fitted for a book-only should not be attempted to put on the big screen.

The story:
those who have read the book, will see the magic of their fantasies come to life, and I can hardly think that many will be dissapointed, for Jackson has kept the spirit of the book very well.
I also beleive those who have not read the book will enjoysthis film, it's thrilling and exciting, and the intro to the film cleares up much.

The Actors:
Elijah Wood does his best role ever, almost without flaws. He seems to have mostly one look all the time though (frightened to death).

Ian McKellen is perfect for the role as Gandalf, absolutely perfect. Christopher Lee fits the Saruman role as good as can be done too, frightening at times.

viggo mortensen and sean bean are also spotless. the other hobbits are very good acted, so is legolas (orlando bloom) and gimli (john rhys-davies).

Cate Blanchett is, in my opinion, on of FOTR's best actors. She presents Galadriel just as I had thougt she would be. Extraordinarily fantastic!!!
Liv Tyler is also good, although she hasn't that much time in the movie.

all in all, the roles has been given the perfect actors.

Special-effects:
I couldn't find a single negative point with the special-effects, the only time I saw anything I knew was ComputerGenerated was with the troll in the mines.

Summary:

A superb experience, not let down by anything! Peter Jakcson has truly made the perfect version of LOTR: The Fellowship of the ring, lets just hope the two upcoming movies are just as good!

9,8/10

questions for you, KJ:

what do you really mean, cate blanchett seems 'embarrased'??

and, you say Liv Tyler was terrible, when she indeed was awesome. why was she terrible?

awesome is a big word

yet I find that tyler serves it justice, in the film.

OK, finally saw this movie yesterday and have to say that that I feel this film is a little over-rated in some respects..

The story is indeed a tremedous one, can't fault that really. Indeed I was hooked. Let me just say at the outset that I have NEVER read the trilogy, but I have read The Hobbit, though that was almost 20 years ago.

To make this easier I am going to break it down somewhat.

The Scenary: Can't fault that at all. Bilbo Baggins home was exactly as I had always imagined it to be. I had never given much thought to the rest of the hobbit village, however it worked for me. Throughout the rest of the film the sets and scenes were wonderful.

The Cast[/]: No problems there, a wide cast of familiar and not so familiar faces.

[b]The Effects: On the whole they were good, however I was totally blown back top reality by the appalling scene where the Fellowship are running through the Dwawf Chambers. It was so clearly animated, and badly at that. It reminded me of the disappointment I felt when I watched The Phantom Menace and the Jedi jumped into the Landing bay from the air vents. It seems so strange that once scene can look so bad and yet everything else was done so well.

Makeup: Outstanding.

Overall: A nice film. Enjoyable, but too long.

6/10

I do not remember the problems with the special-effects you point out.

I saw it last night and it was excellent. I loved the books and the only way they could be done properly on film is in that grand scale. I'm gonna take Mrs.MM to see it at the weekend too cus I've been told of a few things I missed, such as Legolas walking on top of the snow rather than wading through it like the rest of the fellowship (hope thats true cus I didn't see it!).

I know which bit you mean RC, it looks odd cus Gandalf is running quite quickly for a man of his age and it does look a little out of place.

I didn't notice that problem, but I'll look after it the next time I'll see it.

the legolas thing is true.

I remember that as well. Like I said in my review, they did some things better than ILM but other things weren't so good.

what do you really mean, cate blanchett seems 'embarrased'??

It's hard to describe. It's a bit like Terance Stamp in TPM. I always thought he'd been just brought in to do a few lines then go home and that's how it looked on screen. It was the same with her. She didn't look part of it to me. 😕

you say Liv Tyler was terrible, when she indeed was awesome. why was she terrible?

Because she just was. Did you really feel convinced with what she was saying? I don't know if it was her of the character but she didn't seem believable to me. When she says "If you want him come and claim him!" was she meant to scare the Ringwraiths? I would be like "yeah, alright, now get out the way".
She was just unconvincing.

When she says "If you want him come and claim him" was she meant to scare the Ringwraiths? I would be like "yeah, alright, now get out the way".

I guess she said it to get them after her, and then to trip them when they were in the water.

I personally have never read the LOTR books and Im not likely to, but for at least the scenery and special effects I don't think Ive seen a better movie than this one.
Peter Jackson took a huge risk in making not only one movie but three movies from these very historic books.
And come on of course the movie isn't going to be just like the books, so get over it! And just enjoy it!!!!!

No body else was prepared to take the risk so I believe Peter Jackson should be respected and admired for putting in so much time and effort. ANd to all the actors and other people involved who gave up so much time to come and even live in NZ, to take the risk.

And maybe the people who are so quick to judge the movie, before they take everything into consideration e.g. what parts of the books to do and which parts to leave out and the fact the biggest actors of this world would not have been prepared to take that much time out of there schedules as these actors did.

8/10
And on that note, I hope everyone did notice the awesome scenery which of course comes from this beautiful country of New Zealand, and maybe its encouraged you to want to come and visit oneday........ 🤣 😱

well I have been there, and did enjoy the scenery in the movie, and did like it 🙂

you guys should see BAD TASTE its such a great movie so funny ,it was directed by peter jackson

I can't understand why everyone is raving of Peter Jackson. The direction, in my view, was OK, nothing spectacular really.

well, I think that fact that he pulled it together to make the film what it really should be is an accomplishment that we shouldn't take too lightly.

I agree with RC.

I found this to be a really dull film. Nothing in it really grabbed me and it was boring after a while. And what was going on with the ending? That's just a cheap trick to make people see the next 2.

3 out of 10

I saw the clearly animated bit of the running Gandalf. Still, the design of that scene was pretty cool with orcs running down the columns.
And I agree the direction was not spectacularly outstanding. THe pulling-it-off bit was the main thing. That and the g=fact he had to keep in mind to make it look like everyone would expect it to be. I said this before, it ALL looks like we've grown accustomed to. So no surprises there. Still, it was more exciting than I expected it to be. I saw it 2,5 times now and I wanna see it again.

You saw it 2.5 times?..what happened?..you had to leave the last time?

I don't see what the big deal is about Lord of the Rings. We got a copy of the first one on DVD as a gift, and it's up for grabs...it's in excellent condition. E-mail me at [email protected] if you're interested.