Josh Mattingly, Charger Staff
Rating: 9 1/2
Peter Jackson’s film version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s modern classic,
The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings
trilogy, is three hours of non-stop swordfighting, arrow-slinging, squashbuckling
action.
The movie retells an array of beautiful colors and awesome special effects.
Nothing has ever been put to film that even attempts to rival the brilliance
of Jackson’s adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring.
It tells the story of a magical world called Middle-Earth. Several rings of
power were forged by the evil lord Saron and distributed amongst the leaders
of each race of beings who inhabited middle earth.
These rings sparked an enormous amount of greed within each race of people.
The dark lord Saron took this opportunity to conquer all of Middle-Earth.
However, his army of darkness was overcome by the combined forces of each tribe
of Middle-Earth. Saron was acompanied by the most powerful ring of all, which
he had forged with the other in the fire of Mt. Doom.
When he was defeated, the ring was passed between several owners until it was
found by Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit--a race of miniature, human-like people.
It was then passed to his wide-eyed nephew, Frodo, who comes to find that the
ring is indeed the one ring of power and can only be destroyed in the fires
of Mt. Doom. Frodo, along with Gandolf the wizard and a band of elves, dwarves,
humans, and of course hobbits, set out to destroy the ring.
Along their journey, this ‘fellowship of the ring’ encounter many
dangerous perils. The evil karma that surrounds the ring drives its possessor
and all of those around him mad and causes the‘fellowship' to self-destruct.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and its excellent use of modern special effects
and detailed costumes. The director’s painstaking efforts pay off in a
superb film that entertains its audience for three wonderful hours.
A combination of the bright colors, awesome special effects, and great choreography make The Fellowship of the Ring a must see for any one who can afford a movie ticket!
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