This is no Lord of the Mings: The Fellowship of the Ming

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2002)

Yep, and I stay true to it. This is NO Lord of the Mings. It starts with a magnificent prologue telling the previous history of the ring; brilliant effects, very understandable and a pretty good version of young Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm)!
It tells the tale of a young hobbit, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) in an other-worldly place called Middle Earth. He inherits the ring from Bilbo and finding that it is, in fact, the One Ring, forged by the dark lord Sauron from Mordor, a place built of pure evil. He decides to leave his home in The Shire and set out on a journey to destroy. Along the way, he finds the help of nine companions (Which so explains the title 'The Fellowship of the Ring'); three other hobbit friends, Pippin Took (Billy Boyd), Merry Brandybuck (Dominic Monaghan) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin); a wizard, one of the council and of the Maiar, Gandalf the Grey (Ian Mckellen); Strider (Viggo Mortenson), a ranger and an heir to the throne of Gondor and Boromir (Sean Bean), another man who strives to save his failing race and Gondor; lastly, an elven prince of Mirkwood, Legolas Greenleaf (Orlando Bloom), son of King Thranduil and an excellent bowman and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), a stubborn dwarf who loves his people.

NOTE: This is, in fact, the first in THREE films, not one. Just be warned, because a lot of people thought that a three-books-in-one-movie film was the case.
An excellent, EXCELLENT effects, a brilliant soundtrack and fabulously directed by Peter Jackson, this movie does not go wrong!
And the cast; led by young actor Elijah Wood, who has yet again proved his immense acting ability for such a young age, and he suits his character brilliantly. And how can we leave out oscar-nominated Ian McKellen out of the top spot? That is; along with Sean Astin (Wonderful accent and skill), Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan (You might say they were the comic-relief), Viggo Mortenson (Absolutely flawless), Orlando Bloom (Astounding debut as the elf Legolas), Sean Bean (Excellent) and John Rhys-Davies (Pulled off the role of Gimli easily)!
Also, lets not forget appearances by horror legend Christopher Lee, Liv Tyler and Ian Holm (who apparently, never had to do a scene more than once)!
So, we come to our conclusion; excellent WETA team, cast, effects, music, directing, script... this first installment is destined to be one of the best of our time.