The beginning of the best trilogy of all time - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Reviews

There are not enough good things that I can say about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It is a masterwork on all levels. The sets, costumes, visual effects, acting, musical score, direction, and story all please me immensely. It's just about as close to a flawless film as you can get. It's not as good as the final installment, The Return of the King, but it's better than the second volume, The Two Towers. We all know the story: Frodo has to take the One Ring to Mordor where the Shadows lie to throw it into Mount Doom so it will be destroyed and Sauron won't regain the evil he once wielded. Well, this could turn out to be a very silly story, but fortunetely, it doesn't. It truns out very well, adventurous, rousing, and entertaining. The film is also quite moving, some scenes nearly brought tears to my eyes, mainly because of great performances by Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Sean Astin, and Cate Blanchett. Some said that there were too many characters that we were introduced to and that we didn't get to know them well enough. Well, I completely disagree. Yes, there is a very large assortment of characters, but just watch it with all of your attention and you'll get it down what they all are and what their prupose is. There are parts where the film drags, such as in the woods of Lothlorien, but when I thought that part might have been dragging, I just took a look at the amazing sets or the costumes and admired the hard work put into them. This is most liekly the most ambitious project ever made in cinema history. So many different sets, costumes, visual effects, weapons, characters, and wonderful performances were put into this film, but in the end it all comes down to one man. Peter Jackson, who could have made this project a burden, just as the Ring is to Frodo, but he doesn't. He enjoyed making these films, it's his life's work, he'll treasure it forever. I cannot thank him enough. The Fellowship of the Ring should have swept the Oscars, but it didn't. But I'm glad The Return of the King did so, it was like FOTR's vengeance or something. If you haven't seen this yet, make sure you do, NOW!!!