The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 by AverageMansReviews

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.]