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Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Ian Holm, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Fellowship of the Ring |
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Bilbo Baggins leaves his nephew Frodo a magical Ring which no one knew the full power of. The wizard Gandalf, one of Bilbo's old friends, informs Frodo that the Ring he posseses is Sauron's Ring of Power. Frodo, along with his fellow hobbits Merry, Pippin and Sam, set out to take the Ring to the elves of Rivendell, where they hope it will be safe.
Aragorn, at first known only as Strider, meets them on their way and assists them in their journey to The Last Homely House. At the Council of Elrond in Rivendell Frodo takes it upon himself to carry the Ring to Mordor, where it can be destroyed in Mount Doom; the place where it was first created by Sauron.
Frodo is accompanied by his hobbit friends, Gandalf the wizard, an elf, a dwarf, and two men. The Fellowship of the Ring treks across Middle-Earth meeting many obstacles along the way. In a large battle between the forces of good and evil Frodo and Sam separate themselves from the group and go their separate way towards Mordor; at the same time, one of the men, Boromir, is killed and the other two hobbits, Merry and Pippin are captured. Aragorn, the man, Legolas, the elf, and Gimli, the dwarf let Sam and Frodo go and pursue the enemy to reclaim the hobbit prisoners. This is how the fellowship comes together and breaks apart.
--Sam A. Monsen, Resident Scholar
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Frodo Baggins is an average hobbit living in the Shire in Middle Earth. His guardian Bilbo decides to retire to an elven village and leaves everything to Frodo, including an old golden ring. The ring is found (by mentor and wizard Gandalf) to be the One Ring belonging to Sauron, the evil being who seeks control over all the earth. Frodo is joined by hobbit friend Sam and they trek across the Shire and beyond looking for a place where the ring will be safe from its former master. They are joined along the way by hobbits Merry and Pippin and a mysterious ranger called Strider. They take the ring to Rivendell, one of the three major elven villages and there the Lord Elrond has them form the fellowship that will take the ring to be destroyed in the mountain of Doom where it was made. The Fellowship travels across Middle Earth on a quest to see the ring bearer reach the dark land of Mordor. But slowly things happen that they can not help and the Fellowship begins to break apart
--Michelle Bryant, Resident Scholar
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This is the first part of an epic quest of nine companions to destroy an evil ring. Along the way four young hobbits find their courage and intelligence. There is also a character trying to escape his true identity but in the other films you see Aragorn face his true identity. They lose two of the nine members of the fellowship but they continue to be led by Aragorn but at the end the fellowship break up and go seperate ways and two are captured.
--thestar_arwenant, Resident Scholar
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The first part of a three series movie based on the novel "The Lord Of The Rings" by J.R.R Tolkien. The tale of a brave hobbit and his companions on a quest to destroy a ring before Sauron reclaims it and uses its full potential to take over middle earth.
--Nancy Ferrinda, Resident Scholar
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An ordinary hobbit called Frodo gets caught up in a quest to destroy the powerful One Ring, so that Sauron (or the corrupt wizard Saruman) cannot use it to enslave the free peoples of Middle Earth. He forms a fellowship with four hobbits, a wizard, an elf, a dawrf and two men to take the ring to Mount Doom, where it was forged and the only place it could be destroyed. In this first movie it is mostly about the forming of the fellowship.
--Legolas-S, Resident Scholar
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I think this was a very mixed-emotiens movie based on a book that was very good. The setting is beautiful, and the story great too, about a very unlikely hero trying to stop the end of the world by a big bad scary villian, who wants his ring that would let him do so. I was happy, sad and scared throught the whole movie, and I walked away all mixed up, it was a very adventuresome movie I tell you!
--Jenifer Renae, Resident Scholar
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The lead character Frodo the Hobbit becomes embroiled in a quest to save the world finding an inner strength many wish they could achieve. With a few book to movie discrepancies, the new LOTR movie follows the story line fairly well as all the characters come to life from the pages of the book to the big screen with superb quality. Terrific special effects allow you to see Hobbits, Humans, Dwarves and Elves side by side as you have always pictured them to be and makes the Barlog scene well worth the wait.
--Joe Castleberry, Resident Scholar
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Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), a hobbit, has a magic ring called The Ring of Power, which belongs to the evil Sauron. Now, to save Middle-earth, Frodo, along with his three friends Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin), Merry Brandybuck (Dominic Monaghan), and Pippin Took (Billy Boyd), must bring the Ring to Mordor, Sauron's domain, and go to the center of it, to Mount Doom, and destroy the Ring. With them are five others, thus forming a Fellowship of Nine: Legolas Greenleaf (Orlando Bloom), Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Boromir (Sean Bean), and Gandalf (Ian McKellen). If the Fellowship should fail, and Sauron recover the Ring, then al of Middle-earth will once again fall under Sauron's power...
--Echo Starlite, Resident Scholar
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This is the first movie in a trilogy based on the book "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien. The movie covers the first section of the book, where a group of people are chosen to set forth on a quest to destroy the ring, the one ring to rule them all. Considering the amount that the movie had to cover, I thought it was quite well done, a fair bit was left out and a few small things where altered, but overall a very good adaption. Die hard Tolkien fans probably should give this a miss.
--Nancy Ferrinda, Resident Scholar
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"Fellowship of the Ring" is a masterful fantasy film about Frodo Baggins' discovery that he must take a powerful magic ring into the heart of the dark land of Mordor and destroy it. It's about brotherhood, finding your own identity, loyalty and how we all must bear an unwanted burden. The film only gets better with repeated viewings; I didn't even like it upon initially seeing it. Now I rank it among my favorite films of all time.
--Sean Stangland, Resident Scholar
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The first instalment in this epic adaptation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy trilogy. Frodo Baggins, a young hobbit, accompanied by an Elf, a Dwarf, two Men and three other hobbits, must take the all-powerful Ring of Power to be destroyed in order to save the people of Middle Earth from the evil of the Dark Lord, Sauron, whose forces are hunting them. Beautiful, terrifying and downright amazing, 11/10.
--Harri, Resident Scholar
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Basically a story of a hobbit overcoming adversity to save the world from destruction by an evil being wishing to posess rings of power. He must survive the orcs and other wizards and battle against his own friends to keep the rings from corruption. He is also hunted by the evil Ringwraiths along the way.
--Joe C from Sydney, Resident Scholar
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Frodo Baggins, a young hobbit of the Shire, is entrusted with the care and ultimate fate of a powerful ring which his uncle Bilbo Baggins discovered 60 years before. The ring is sought by the evil and powerful Sauron, in the hope that with it he can control all of Middle Earth, with its kingdoms of hobbits, elves, men, goblins, and other fanciful and magic creatures. Mentored by the great wizard Gandalf, Frodo sets out on a journey to dispose of the ring in the Mountain of Doom whence it came, with a team of questers that includes Legolas the elf (a master with the bow and arrow), Gimli the dwarf (who prefers to use an ax), two men-warriors Aragorn and Boromir, and three of his hobbit friends -- Samwise, Pippin, and Merry. They will climb snowy mountain passes, paddle down rivers, and brave the dark and dangerous mine of Moria which is overrun by evil and vicious orcs. The first part of a film trilogy based on Tolkien's beloved books (the two sequels were shot simultaneously but are to be released in consecutive years) features okay writing and plotting (bit of a see-saw between walking/talking scenes and fights), lots of terrific acting (especially McKellen's Gandalf), and truly jaw-dropping special effects. The location shots of New Zealand are almost as good as the computer graphics.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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I have to admit: although I Knew I Had To See It, I went in prepared to be unimpressed. How many films are as good as their hype? Somehow it is easier to prepare yourself for a bit of a disappointment and then not get that big letdown, than to go in expecting miracles and then not get one. But they did it. Real actors, decent acting. Convincing hobbits, men, wizards, dwarves, and elves - all in the same shot. Heroes in the epic vein. Dark lords, treachery, and petty villains enow to chill the marrow and the blood. The orcs (curse them), were utterly and correctly disgusting and frightful. The Filth. The troll was the best I've seen onscreen, but I am sure it could be bettered, even though the animation fitted superbly into the live action. (I would like to see one played by a seven-foot-six-inch basketball player, appropriately suited up, in built-up boots, padded out to double width and depth like the orcs, swarthy as they come, and rolling his (real) psycho-berserker eyes. I am sure the movement would be more life-like. It would be better if the arrows did not penetrate the troll's body so deeply as they have immensely tough skin. They should penetrate arrow-head deep and flail about as he fights. And no comical noises.)
Of course it is impossible to get even book one of the Ring into one film (over three hours long at that), but the cuts were judicious, and the variations on the book's plot were not too many and not too few. Just enough to keep you guessing, not too many to have you fret about the story being travestied. The fight scenes were just the right side of impossibly heroic. The battle between the Boromir and Aragorn against the chieftain of the fighting Uruk-Hai was for me one of the best scenes. The heroism of the quest to destroy the Ring, the despair at the hopelessness of the task, the strength and the weakness of the Fellowship who set out to do it are all kept in balance. Two more to follow, and the best of the fighting to come. The age of epic is not yet past. Long live the epic.
--Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 47.1%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 12.9%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on another world/distant past
Explore/1st contact
Yes
Explore plotlet:
- fighting across a fantasy world
Technology/$$$$/Info hunt
Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
- magical artifact
Mental/Magical powers focus
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium curly
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- mage/magician
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- fire/thunder/weather cntrl
- mind reading
- mind control
- super strength
- can cast all sorts of spells
- can read emotions
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Mountains?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Misc settings
- fort/castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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