A review of a spectacular film!

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a modern marvel. It has great performances, stunts, and visual effects. Lets start with the performances. Elijah Wood is great as Frodo, and it actually seems as if he is in grave peril. Sean Astin gives a fairly good performance as Sam. The other two Hobbits aren't as good as Frodo and Sam, but they give us not horrible performances, but not great ones either. When I saw this, and I saw Ian McKellen as Gandalf, I thought that the character was written for him. He should have won the oscar for it, but a nomination is still fair enough. Viggo Mortenson deserved a oscar nomination for his performance as the Ranger/Heir of Gondor Aragorn. He was great. John Rhys Davies does a quite good job as Gimli the Dwarf. Sean Bean gives us a convincing role as Borimir. Orlando Bloom, gives a very good performance for a breakthrough role. Christopher Lee also deserved at least a Golden Globe for his role as Saruman the evil wizard of the Istari. Cate Blanchett's role as the Lady Galadriel should have gotten an Oscar or Golden Globe nomination. Hugo Weaving had a great performance as the Elven Lord Elrond. Liv Tyler isn't great as Arwen, but she isn't too bad either. With few exceptions, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has phenomenal roles and performances. The Fellowship of the Ring also gives us great filming and phenomenons within the video. Such as, the awesome cinematography that it won a well deserved Oscar for. The makeup on the Orcs was extroadinary, which it also won an Oscar for. Oscar winning digital visual effects also make this movie extremely fun to watch. This film's oscar winning musical score is great, with every musical note matching the scene that we are watching. Personally, I don't completely think that it should have won Best Picture, but I do think that it should have won Best Director, because director Peter Jackson does a completely spectacular job at bringing Middle Earth alive on the big screen. The costumes they should have won an oscar for, since they are completely fascinating and mind blowing. What I'm trying to say is, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is quite possibly the greatest fantasy epic of all time, and you should go see it as soon as possible.