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Favorite movie i ever watched!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lord of the rings THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is my favorie movie i ever watched.It is a cool action movie. I ecspecaly like the troll & the Belrog. I would also recomend reading the book first and you should watch the extended edition. This cool movie is 3 1/2 hours long (the extended editon) so make sure you have enough time before watching it. I personaly Wouldn't recomend it for children under 10 but it is your choice. or maybe children under ten if taking the scary parts uot. If you havn't seen it already go get it from your nearest movie store. Youl love it!!!

The best!
Its a wonderful movie, amazingly brought onto the screen without making much changes to the book version. Bringing a beautiful fantasy to something which you can watch is wonderful! I am proud to own all the 3 of the extended editions of the movie on dvds :-)
I say, it is a must to watch all the movies, appreciate the creativeness of the writer (Tolkien) and also the people who made it possible to be got onto the screen. I think it is the best trilogy which has ever been made and which will ever be made.

In some ways, I find these better than the books
The story itself in Lord of the Rings is massive. Some authors will briefly backstory to certain events or why a character reacts a certain way but the author doesn't really go in depth besides maybe a paragraph or so. J.R.R Tolkien went nuts going into detail about the backstory to his Middle-Earth that you almost ask is there a point? Do we really need the backstory of Isildur's parents or describing some minor character's activities 30 years before the main story? Not really. The movie manages to trim it out and condense a massive story into an incredibly enjoyable start to a classic trilogy.

The film starts out with the prologue, explaining the backstory of the Great Rings of Power and the One Ring, created by the Dark Lord Sauron. During a big battle in Sauron's land of Mordor, the King's successor Isildur manages to cut the ring from Sauron's hand, "defeating" him. But the Ring actually corrupts your mind like a really bad addiction and it eventually gets him killed because it "wanted to be found". It ends up being found by Smeagol, a hobbit who quickly falls under its power and keeps it prolonging his age by a good 500 years or so.

In the prequel to the books, the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins of the Shire(a country I guess) finds the Ring only the Ring wants to return to Sauron. The Ring passes to his nephew Frodo who has to escape the Shire since he's hunted by Sauron's elite force the Nazgul(also named Ringwraiths). Accompanying him are 3 of his Hobbit friends and eventually 2 men, Frodo's wizard friend Gandalf, an elf and a dwarf.

In terms of pacing and set design, Fellowship is definately the best. It has the quiet pastoral Hobbiton, my ideal retirement place Rivendell, the ethereal majestic Lothlorien and the massive Dwarf city in Moria. The amount of detail is rather stunning, moreso considering most are actually models/minatures(nicknamed "bigatures" due to their size).

I find certain pacing issues with the next 2. Two Towers just felt long saved by the intercutting of the Ents/Helm's Deep scenes. Return of the King you almost feel like "how long ago since I saw that one scene?". Fellowship's pacing however is perfect. Story/character scenes are long enough without being watch-checking then a big battle will start.

The characters were wisely chosen, although personally Orlando Bloom looks the part of Legolas and can pull off the badassness but his line delivery seems rather flat at times. And I don't know if it's just me but I couldn't see Hugo Weaving as the big Elf Elrond. Gollum is heard and briefly appears and is seen heavily in next 2. My favorite casting as to be Elijah Wood. Bright and smiling at the beginning than really messed up as the story continues. I love his expression on the top of Weathertop when the Ringwraiths appear.

While the next 2 augment the size and characters, Fellowship is probably my favorite and shouldn't be passed up.

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