The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (DVD) Reviews

The film is set in Middle Earth and concerns, as a basic story, the dark Lord Sauron and his plans to overthrow the creatures and peoples of Middle Earth, namely through force and, if he can find it, his One Ring, which would make him instoppable. The ring is in the possession of a small creature called a Hobbit, Frodo Baggins. This first part of ...  Read the complete review

okay, so i've only got 1000 words to say what I think about The Fellowship Of The Ring. Well, its amazing, the whole Lord Of The Rings trilogy is the best films of our time. And this film is the best of them. Tolkien wrote a masterpeice which people said would be "impossible" to turn into a film...well wasnt the same said about Frodo's ...  Read the complete review

Peter Jackson clearly never bothered doing any research about turning long books into films before he started this. If he did he'd know that the original cut of Dune lasted 8 hours for just 1 book. The Fellowship Of The Rings is over 5000 pages long (I should know, I've read all 3 books). The film is far too long by half, I woud have ...  Read the complete review

Peter Jackson's film version of the epic series of books the Lord of the Rings matches the scale of the original novel, with an immense cast and evocative soundtrack ranking this film as one of the greatest of all time. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of the trilogy and tells the stroy of how hobbit Frodo Baggins begins his epic ...  Read the complete review

J R R Tolkien's epic The Lord of the Rings is one of the most famous series of books ever written. In 2001, New Zealand Director Peter Jackson took the helm to direct the film of the first of the triolgy: The Fellowship of the Ring. It was a monumental project, with fantastic results. The Plot There is the One Ring, and the ...  Read the complete review

Despite being rather dubious of the attention lavished upon Peter Jackson’s epic production of Tolkien’s greatest novels, I must confess to experiencing eager anticipation of this movie. I am a big fan of fantasy films, purely because the writers and creators can truly let their imaginations run riot. Despite having never properly read The ...  Read the complete review

Is Lord of the Rings another of these films, based on an international best selling book, that is simply a let down? Does it fully capture what JRR Tolkein was trying to portray in his fantastic fantasy adventure novel? The answer is no and yes... no it certainly is not a let down, and yes it must come extremely close to how JRR Tolkein would have ...  Read the complete review

This review is for the original version on VHS or DVD... I resisted for nine months after the initial release of The Fellowship of the Ring. I didn't think it would be for me, I was seeing posters everywhere, everyone was talking about it and so, I finally caved in and bought it on VHS. It blew me away! I knew very ...  Read the complete review

Now you’re all asking why I’m writing this review so long after the initial hype of the Lord of the Ring films, but these were absolute classics and will not be forgotten for many a decade. My dad took me to the first film, I didn’t know anything about the books, though my year 6 teacher had mentioned the Hobbit a few times, but my dad ...  Read the complete review

If i were to write a couple of words describing peter jackson's portrayal of j.r.r. epic novel it would be that the movie is "glorious, spectacular, innovative, and on the edge of your seat excitement!!!" The camera directing, special effects and engrossing cinematography of lord of rings is beyond words. ...  Read the complete review

An action packed film on a large scale. Huge effects, great actors and as close to the book as you could expect any film to get. I personally was disappointed, I wanted more! I would happily have sat for six hours to reach a conclusion. I understand this trilogy of books had to be divided so that audiences didn't sit for days in cinemas ...  Read the complete review

Happy New Year to one and all! Sorry I have not been around, but what with moving house, and about a million and one other things on the go, life has been a little bit hectic to say the least! Hope that I find you all well and fully recovered from the dreaded hangovers LOL! So what have I been up to you may ask??????????? Well, nothing ...  Read the complete review

bored of the rings? i think not - Advantages: tells truth, just read it and find outaaa - Disadvantages: insults idiots

For the first time in a long while I was able to walk into a theatre with almost no knowledge of the film I was about to see. The trailers were merely teasers that didn't giveaway anything of the story, I've never read the book on which the film is based and I read no reviews of the film before seeing it. Yet the film I saw is one of the ...  Read the complete review

When I first sat down to watch Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring I knew from the hype that it would be visually impressive. The TV spots and movie reviews were enough to have me believe that it would be a great film on an epic scale, on, say, the same scale as Star Wars. I knew that it was a trilogy, although i'd never read the ...  Read the complete review

Enjoyed movie a lot. But, now waiting for the next movie to come out on the big screen. - Advantages: Excellent graphics, grreat story line - Disadvantages: Have to wait for the ending

I have to admit, I didn’t go to see this at the cinema, yes, I know it was one of the ‘to see’ films of the year but it’s three hours long! Our local cinema’s seats are the most uncomfortable you have ever seen so after three hours I doubt you could walk!! Waiting for the DVD was the best move I think! I ...  Read the complete review

Obviously I have been proved wrong. When I first read about the upcoming ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie, I was sceptical to say the least. Could it be done? I was doubtful. We all know what it’s like to love a book, then go and see the movie and come out of the cinema feeling utterly disappointed. Sometimes the casting is ...  Read the complete review

Well, by now the film should need no real introduction. The sprawling epic was written in the fifties by JRR Tolkien amongst many other fine books. For many it is the archetypal fantasy story, after which so many seem to be just pale imitators. So, with the advent of the books that had so captured many peoples imaginations through the years being ...  Read the complete review

Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee Director: Peter Jackson Producers: Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Tim Sanders Screenplay: Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter ...  Read the complete review