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

I tried to enjoy it, I really did. I was impressed with the trailers on TV and in the cinema, so I came with a very open mind, prepared to be taken to another world (or ‘Middle Earth’ as it is called). But by the (abrupt) end of Lord Of The Rings, the only place I was happy to go to was my home. This review is an honest appraisal, ...  Read the complete review

Directed by - Peter Jackson Starring - Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davis, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis Length - 178 minutes Cert - PG I haven't read the books. I don't ...  Read the complete review

Lets start off with the fact that I thoroughly enjoyed the three hours I spent watching this. It may not be entirely truthful to the book but it is not far off and much closer than I expected. The whole feel of the film matches my vision of what middle earth and its characters should be. There is a narrative at the start of the film ...  Read the complete review

If this is the first chapter of an epic trilogy, please count me out of the followers! I didn't know this kiddie was over three hours long! With all the media hype to this feature, I half expected a very watchable movie, but disappointingly, this turned out not to be the case. If you can comprehend any of the dialogue and ...  Read the complete review

Damn, is this a fantastic movie or what? We daren’t have hoped that the director Peter Jackson could deliver on the first part of his epic $300m cinematic vision of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. So many times we have believed and hoped before only to have our dreams crushed into the dirt of banal mediocrity (Lucas, ...  Read the complete review