Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Dec 29 '01
Pros: stunning, superb production; near-perfect cast, great effects, lovely score, and above all emotion
Cons: took a little time to get rolling; the female roles were miscast
Summary: I got up out of my seat dizzy. I walked out of the building feeling like I was floating on air. I felt like I had experienced something…holy. Are we talking about a movie here? Yes indeed! We are talking about the much-anticipated, ...
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May 17 '09
Pros: Beautiful, story told well, engaging.
Cons: Pacing
Summary: This movie I think is the best out of the three, but not by much. All three movies are great and should really be considered one very long movie, hence my excuse for giving them the same score.This movie introduces you to the heros of the ...
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Oct 09 '08
Pros: Really amazing background material and story
Cons: none, other than taking a long time to view it all
Summary: Let me start off by saying that I am not going to bore you with a grand synopsis of the film. With over 400 reviews already posted (some members did double reviews of the theatrical version and then this one of the film) that would be a great redundancy ...
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Sep 06 '08
Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing
Summary: In 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, a philologist by trade, wrote a charming fantasy tale called The Hobbit. His publishers asked for a sequel and, after a few non-hobbit books, they specifically requested a hobbit sequel. Tolkien then began writing what ...
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Aug 29 '08
Pros: All of the actors and actresses, the extra footage not shown in theaters
Cons: Not a thing
Summary: Finally J.R.R. Tolkien's famous book has come to the big screen. The major motion picture keeps everything the same from the books and stays true to Tolkien's brilliant work.The plot is that an evil lord named Sauron made a lot of rings and put ...
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Jul 23 '08
Pros: Everything - review says it all
Cons: Not the best choice for smaller kids
Summary: This is not simply my personal review, but also details of the story up until basically mid-way through the movie. Do not read any further if you do not wish to know any details of the story. This is my favorite trilogy – EVER! Peter Jackson has ...
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Jun 17 '08
Pros: action packed, great plot, good characters
Cons: none
Summary: Middle earth is about to come under attack but few would suggest this when things are well. Yet something lingers waiting for the opportunity to strike. It will have the ring, the precious. In an attempt to keep the ring from falling into the hands of ...
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Apr 15 '08
Pros: intense action packed film
Cons: graphic images
Summary: Lord of the Rings. It may sound like a movie only meant for guys with thick glasses and stuff like that but I myself have watched it and I'm not like that. Heres why. Story: Bilbo Baggins has been keeper of a ring that once owned by a lord of all the ...
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Apr 05 '08
Pros: Good acting, special effects are done well.
Cons: Boring start, that's about all of it.
Summary: Like many people I was anxious to see The Fellowship of the Ring. I never read the book until after I saw movie. At twelve years old I read The Hobbit and had seen the cartoon. My imagination could only go so far. I remember reading the sequel. I ...
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Mar 13 '08
Pros: Action packed. Fantasy.
Cons: Lots of violence.
Summary: This is a reallt great movie for all fantasy fans and collectors. It was a major blockbuster and a great box office hit and this movie is great for teens and up. I really loved it and it truly inspired me and moytivated me. Jrr tolkein has great pizzaz ...
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May 22 '07
Pros: Great film, story, acting, effects, dvd extras, value for money.
Cons: none.
Summary: The Book The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is the first in the trilogy of films by director Peter Jackson taken from the 1930-40s novels by J.R.R.Tolkien. The books were published between 1937 and 1949. The Fellowship of the Ring was ...
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Feb 23 '07
Pros: cast, story, excellent quality video, spectacle, special effects, action
Cons: uneven sound track, the ending is too open, violent, gory, not for kids
Summary: I’ve known a few women who would k ill for a band of gold, but this ring means more than a wedding. It gives its bearer power to rule. Unfortunately, it also corrupts and sickens its bearer. Even the magical creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythic world ...
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May 15 '06
Pros: excelent actors and director fine graphics folows the book well
Cons: a couple visual errors not worthy of listing
Summary: this is THE best movie I have ever seen. And i can say nothing of its downfalls that I found later on becuase the first time I watched it it kept me so captivated that I later found errors that would have ... should have popped right out at me. Being ...
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Aug 22 '05
Pros: a classic fantasy film
Cons: none, as long as you like escapist movies
Summary: Frodo: Go back, Sam. I'm going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are. And I'm coming with you. In this one quote from the Peter Jackson’s, now famous interpretation of Tolkien's fantasy classic you can see a lot of the themes that make the ...
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Jan 30 '05
Pros: cast, photography, music
Cons: different from the book
Summary: Director : Peter Jackson Main Cast : Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davis, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean A masterpiece was just enough to ...
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Aug 04 '04
Pros: Good movie, great special effects
Cons: A bit overhyped.
Summary: Ok...I will admit it. I have NEVER read any of the the Lord of the Rings novels. Yes, me...the person who can quote Star Wars in my sleep (and have done so, according to some people); who can identify every episode of the Star Trek series just by the ...
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