An Amazing Journey Begins

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2007)

It is very, very difficult to write about The Lord Of The Rings. So much has been already said, written, discussed and argued about this epic of a film that every new comment tends to repeat any already written work. I will try, anyway. I like this film, all three parts. I remember the trembling in my body before going and seeing the first part, The Fellowship Of The Ring. And, yet, I liked that. I watched the film in cinema twice and then countless times on DVD, an enlarged version on two discs, with many deleted or shortened versions. The ensemble of the actors is just amazing. Now, after the film, it will be impossible to imagine any other Frodo but Elijah Wood, any Gandalf but Sir Ian McKellan, and any Galadriel but Kate Blanchette. And then, there is Sean Bean as an impeccably neat and marvelously great Boromir. And then, there are Orlando Bloom and John Rhys Davies as Legolas and Gimli respectively. The first film is an excellent change from a peaceful, sweet Shire to a gloomy Moria, then from fabulous Rivendell to terrible Mordor. The Orcs, the Elves, the Hobbits are all here, they are larger than any life, they live, eat, drink, sleep, talk, breathe. And what is simply amazing you never doubt that they are. Peter Jackson and his team did an enormous job. Thanks to them, we see and feel the smoke of the wars, the tragedy of poor Boromir, the suffers of Frodo or Arwen. And what makes the film so brilliant, is the feeling at the very final scene that you want to see the next right now, you simply cannot wait