The Fellowship of the Rings Review

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2020)

The first movie of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson was a stunning movie for the 2000's, doing very well in theaters on release. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie sold over 54 million theater tickets when is was released to theaters. The reasons for this success come from the execution of taking J.R.R. Tolken's book and transforming it into an amazing depiction of the story in theaters and at home.
The Fellowship of the Rings is set in the fantasy world of Middle-Earth where there are many different races common to fantasy stories like Lords of the Rings, such as elves, dwarves, humans, and more. The movie is centered around a ring that the character Bilbo Baggins had found, which was eventually passed down to his son, Frodo. Soon after, Frodo has to leave his home to protect the ring and eventually meeting others on the way that help him with his task of ridding the world of Middle-Earth of the ring, forming the Fellowship.
Despite the movie being great in the techniques used to film it, I found two flaws in the movie. The first of them was the length of the movie. Clocking in at just under three hours, you are stuck watching it for a good chunk of your day. The second of them are the drastic volume changes. One moment it is very quiet and you need to listen carefully, then it goes from one to a hundred and gets obnoxiously loud sound effects and all.
Even with the two flaws stated above, which are not major flaws but just small irritations, The Fellowship of the Rings still comes out as an excellent film. Parts that stand out as a great movie is the way they take shots of the movie, the soundtrack, the acting, and the blending of CGI into the movie. The use of establishing shots, close up shots, and the few flashbacks used in the movie really help bring the book to the big screen a magnificent way. The soundtrack used for the film adds a whole new layer to conveying what is happening on screen, especially when it transitions from a calm dialogue to an intense scene in the movie. How the acting was set up really helps bring the viewer right into the story by showing the characters as accurate to the book as possible. Similar to the acting the CGI, also known as Computer-Generated Imagery, helps pull you into the world of The Lord of the Rings and looks amazing for the year of release of the movie.
The Fellowship of the Ring, the first entry in the The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is a movie worthy of all of the great reactions that movie of the past have received. The movie contains stunning visuals, an excellent soundtrack, and a perfect mix of acting and CGI to bring the book of J.R.R. Tolken alive and to the screens of many theaters and homes alike.