A Great Start to a Great Trilogy

Rating: Null/10 (16 October 2004)

I knew nothing of Lord of the rings when it first came out, all I knew was about Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, apart from that I was completely in the dark. Two days into its release I decided to go and have a look and see what all the fuss was about and was I was quite simply beyond amazed. There are the people that hate films like this and there are ones who grew up on films like The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Legend and Willow and would gladly welcome The Lord of the Rings with open arms, I am that kind of person, though Lord of the rings was entirely different to what I ever expected. The opening 10 minutes were just out of this world and was nothing I ever expected. It grabbed me from the second it started and didn't let me go till the end credits and the entire trilogy just left me speechless. The acting was what grabbed me the most as ever actor or actress that took part in this film out did one another, by Viggo Mortesen and Sean Bean were the two that did it for me. The scene alone where the fellowship is walking up a mountain and Frodo notices the ring is missing and Bormir picks it up and questions why we should suffer so much over something so little, that is such a key scene that it reflects on most of the movie about the real power of the ring and what it could make you do.
Peter Jackson has made some comical films but to think that he made this when watching films like Bad Taste and Brain-dead then you will never notice it but he excels himself completely and has turned himself into New Zealand's very own George Lucas. I could just judge the whole trilogy as one but I don't look at it that way cause some are better than others. Return of the King is the best because it's the chapter where the story comes to an end and has the best moments to complete the story but Fellowship had a lot to live up to as it would let people make their own minds up whether they would enjoy the other two movies and Fellowship showed no problems in that area's it is just as emotional and visually stunning as the next two. The movie is just a starter of what was to become of probably the greatest trilogy know to man, but now Lord of the rings has reached it completion, will we ever see anything else so amazing than this, in my opinion I can't see that ever happening.