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So... I finally got to see the best movie of the last 12 years, Fellowship of the Ring!! Short review: GO SEE IT NOW!!!!
Long review from a complete Tolkien fanatic: Well, the book is still better
But not by much
While the book is, plain and simple, the best book ever written by a human being, time will tell if the the movie will become it, because the 2nd and 3rd parts haven't came out yet.... but there's definitely IS potential.
I thought the movie was completely superb. Everything that they could do right, they did right. All the things they could've messed up, they didn't. The acting was great from everybody - Sir Ian McKellen is just like I imagined Gandalf, and the same goes for the rest of the fellowship, and Bilbo, and Galadriel... The landscapes are just stunning - now I want to move to New Zealand!! Visual effects? No one could ask for more. Monsters are extremely frightening, and very life-like.
In comparison to the book, I think there are very few people that could do better. I know if I had to do this, I would mess everything up. They left out all the parts that would make the poor transition to the movie - not many, like Tom Bombadil, Barrowmounds, etc... And they added just the right things too! A magical duel between Gandalf and Saruman, more acting for Arwen, battle between Aragorn and the lead ork in the ending, and there's probably more that I'm forgetting. The important thing is, Peter Jackson understands PERFECTLY why are the things in a book written in a certain way, and how to translate it into the movie. Like a guardian in the lake before the gates of Moria - in the book, all they can see is tentacles. In the movie, however, the visual effects are much, much better... Or the cave troll... Or the Saruman vs Gandalf - in the book there was no fight at all! The music was completely breathtaking also, the classical score is just majestic, and very epic.
In general, it's definitely not a children's movie, but amount of blood and gore is just below the R rating... however, there's enough fighting and action to fill all 3 hours, and it's NOT all "just talking" and it can be viewed as JUST as very, very good action movie, if you throw away all the deep philosophical and moral issues.
Also, I guess it's just me, but the 3 hours has passed away like 15 minutes.... I completely forgot about time, and could've stayed there and watched for about ten hours.
I'm getting tired of typing. JUST GO SEE THE DAMN MOVIE IF YOU HAVEN'T YET!!!
Long review from a complete Tolkien fanatic: Well, the book is still better
I thought the movie was completely superb. Everything that they could do right, they did right. All the things they could've messed up, they didn't. The acting was great from everybody - Sir Ian McKellen is just like I imagined Gandalf, and the same goes for the rest of the fellowship, and Bilbo, and Galadriel... The landscapes are just stunning - now I want to move to New Zealand!! Visual effects? No one could ask for more. Monsters are extremely frightening, and very life-like.
In comparison to the book, I think there are very few people that could do better. I know if I had to do this, I would mess everything up. They left out all the parts that would make the poor transition to the movie - not many, like Tom Bombadil, Barrowmounds, etc... And they added just the right things too! A magical duel between Gandalf and Saruman, more acting for Arwen, battle between Aragorn and the lead ork in the ending, and there's probably more that I'm forgetting. The important thing is, Peter Jackson understands PERFECTLY why are the things in a book written in a certain way, and how to translate it into the movie. Like a guardian in the lake before the gates of Moria - in the book, all they can see is tentacles. In the movie, however, the visual effects are much, much better... Or the cave troll... Or the Saruman vs Gandalf - in the book there was no fight at all! The music was completely breathtaking also, the classical score is just majestic, and very epic.
In general, it's definitely not a children's movie, but amount of blood and gore is just below the R rating... however, there's enough fighting and action to fill all 3 hours, and it's NOT all "just talking" and it can be viewed as JUST as very, very good action movie, if you throw away all the deep philosophical and moral issues.
Also, I guess it's just me, but the 3 hours has passed away like 15 minutes.... I completely forgot about time, and could've stayed there and watched for about ten hours.
I'm getting tired of typing. JUST GO SEE THE DAMN MOVIE IF YOU HAVEN'T YET!!!