The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 by AverageMansReviews
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The adventure begins: briefly; it is decided that The One
Ring that is also named Ring of Power/Master-ring/other names has to be taken
to Mount Doom and dropped inside. But Sauron and his forces are the ones mainly
looking for the Ring, because with it he can control these other Rings
consequently control the world, so it is up to Frodo Baggins [Elijah Wood:] he
is a young hobbit from the Shire, that unfortunately inherits this Ring and
consequently burden, Samwise Gamgee/Sam [Sean Astin:] he is also a hobbit from
the Shire, that overhears this adventure brewing and makes a promise to
essentially protect Mr Frodo. Gandalf the Grey [Ian McKellen:] he is a Istari
wizard that is the magical member of the fellowship, yes this is who Sam
promises, but we have more from the Shire, we have Peregrin/Pippin Took [Billy
Boyd:] he is a hobbit and Frodo's cousin and Meriadoc Brandybuck/Merry [Dominic
Monaghan:] he is a hobbit and a distant cousin of Frodo; these two now and
again bring some comical relief sometimes at the most unwanted of times.
Generally speaking: the storyline/script simultaneous character developments; the storyline/script and character development instantaneously transport its audience from our world into Middle-Earth with this voice-over storyteller exposition character developments from Galadriel [Cate Blanchett:] she is an elf co-leader of Lothlórien alongside her husband Lord Celeborn [Marton Csokas:] he is an elf and I am going to be honest we see him I'm going to say extremely limited like once in this small sequence, but I'm going to cover my back by sticking with extremely limited just in case I have missed something. But I digress; she tells of how things came to be and consequently off the back of this; it sets off this film hitting the ground running; with its framework and pacing being 171 minutes; being upbeat as every minute is meticulously given time to breathe with will fluently excellent as it has to cover a multitude of gear changes for an example; something like peaceful and playful to dramatic and action packed or anything else at a drop of a hat or vice versa.
Art, comedy and
action; now it is clear to see that yet again the immaculate attention to
detail is with us throughout; be it set designs or the natural locations on our
journey or costumes and accessories or the mystical characters or anything else
really; they did a phenomenal flawless job of bringing this world to life
throughout this trilogy; which in hindsight feeds back into the framework and
pacing as we could have multiple characters in this film and in this trilogy at
different points different locations and because everything just works smoothly
either simultaneously or off one another it doesn't interrupt the flow of the
film; we the audience just to get to enjoy these visual locations among many
other aspects, components and elements and if you're wondering if the sound of
time have taken effect? No if anything they are just getting better with age as
they come across as more authentic and no disrespect to those that worked on
any level of the artistic side of things; as the landscape of making films
change with more up-to-date technology; if they are originally put in on making
the film in question as these were they can easily stand the test of time and
you get this kind of really excellent balance of ageing technology with
authenticity which brings another layer to the artistic outlay on any level of
its usage.
So for one example
of the comedy would be when we have these two mischievous hobbits in Merry and
Pippin or vice versa as they are messing around with these fireworks and for
the action obviously I was going to make reference to this one-on-one mystical
action sequence for an example; the Grey vs. Saruman the White [Christopher
Lee:] he is a wizard The fallen head of the Istari Order and does the bidding
of Sauron: we have this epic, but relatively short in its entirety, but still
no less important once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and privilege to witness the
Grey/McKellen vs. the White/Lee: go one-on-one in this wizards battle: you just
have to see it to believe that it actually happened, but in all seriousness;
epic one-on-one battle sequence.
Character
developments, performances, motion capture and voice performance; at this
precise moment they are all fresh clay on a potter’s wheel; yes they may and
indeed cover the foundations levels of the character developments; but they
also are ready to be moulded by the journey that lays before them over this
film and the next two instalments; as throughout this film they all begin to
experience things which person moulds them, such as Frodo/Wood is quite quickly
understanding the mammoth responsibility which he is carrying as this Ring
feeds on the goodness of its holder and replaces it with its own willing to
dominate its holder; very much like a worm feasting on a fresh apple not yet
picked, the performances reflect these characteristics perfectly as these
characters/performances simultaneously grow into one another; in short these
characters are these performers and these performers become his characters;
they make them their very own, for the motion caption and voice performances
likewise they mimic the cast as it relates to outstanding and spot on levels of
perfection [as a reference to we get flawless exposition that really does set
things up perfectly in one way or another.]
This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch
entertainment; it just does so much, so much so it does the ground work for
basically the next two instalments to work with/off, so obviously if you haven't
seen this film yet? I'm really talking to the younger generations or at some
point in the future the generations that weren't even born when this first hit
our big screens; you definitely need to watch this film once in your lifetime
that is sure, because if you don't you will miss out on an era of cinema
history and an epic adventure; to be shared with the age-appropriate to begin
with family experience. This film has quite a few awards to its name such as
126 Winners which include but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2002 Oscars
Best Cinematography Andrew Lesnie and Best Makeup Peter Owen Richard Taylor
[altogether it has 4 winning Oscars to its name] and this film also has 127
Nominees to its name would also include but not limited to; remaining at this
award ceremony/event Best Picture Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne Fran Walsh
and Best Music, Original Song Enya Nicky Ryan Roma Ryan For the song "May
It Be" [altogether this film has 9 Nominees to its name.]