The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

We are very pleased we have been able to resolve our differences, and that Peter and Fran will be actively and creatively involved with The Hobbit," Shaye said. We know they will bring the same passion, care and talent to these films that they so ably accomplished with The Lord of the Rings. ... Full Review

Thankfully, if the audience has the patience, the film is good enough to warrant watching again. It would be unfair to critique the first installment "The Fellowship of the Ring" by comparing it directly to the novel. ... Full Review

Thankfully, if the audience has the patience, the film is good enough to warrant watching again. It would be unfair to critique the first installment "The Fellowship of the Ring" by comparing it directly to the novel. ... Full Review

A film should stand alone on its merits no matter where its text is from.....respectfully when it's as excruciatingly boring as The Lord of the Rings first instalment, The Fellowship of the Ring....Great film making can always overcome these disadvantages by transcending such boundaries and prejudices.....hate the film....A pity as The Fellowship of the Ring.... ... Full Review

One interesting documentary shows how digital grading works....There is an excellent documentary called "Scale," revealing how tricks of perspective and small stunt doubles were used to make big people look small.....The features reveal lots of interesting trivia about the film.....The picture and sound quality of the DVD are first-rate..... ... Full Review

More than Tolkien's books, Jackson's movies are first and foremost grand entertainments;....love these movies.... ... Full Review

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is jaw-dropping, breathtaking, incredibly exciting and surprisingly weighty for a fantasy. In fact, if there is a problem with New Zealand director Peter Jackson's ambitious film, it's that this is only the first of three, since Jackson has adapted J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved trilogy with three big movies filmed back to back, and we won't get to see the second until next Christmas, and the third a year after that. ... Full Review

Like the best DVDs, this one teaches you a bit about the particular movie at hand and a lot more about how movies are made in general; in this case, you can see how good filmmaking sometimes means slicing out good material. If you loved the movie and love the books -- to whatever degree -- the additional 30 minutes added to this version of "The Fellowship of the Ring" will make it alluring. ... Full Review

Bean, so good as Alec Trevelyan in "Goldeneye", convincingly inhabits the skin of the uncertain Boromir. While the massive battle scenes were created largely within the realm of computers, "LOTR 1" compares favorably to grounded-in-reality epics such as "Spartacus" and "Braveheart". ... Full Review

Bean, so good as Alec Trevelyan in "Goldeneye", convincingly inhabits the skin of the uncertain Boromir. While the massive battle scenes were created largely within the realm of computers, "LOTR 1" compares favorably to grounded-in-reality epics such as "Spartacus" and "Braveheart". ... Full Review