Fantastic Fantasy no matter how you slice it.(SPOILERS!)

Rating: 10/10 (4 April 2004)

SPOILER INSIDE!!!!!!!!!! This is one movie you must see. A action adventure that never loses its heart The Fellowship of the Ring gives you great action but never at the expense of character development. The characters are all given ample time to shine and everyone carries their own weight. This gives all the more tragedy to the deaths of Gandalf and Boromir. The movie is heartfelt without being sappy. The ring is shown as a tantalizing foe but it isn't overdone. The Nazgul(who were misused in the other chapters) are used to great and terrifying affect in FOTR. The visuals in the movie are breathtaking. From Rivendale to the Mines of Moria you have plenty of eye candy to go with the action and acting. The best scene in the entire movie is the departure of Boromir. I think it is a perfect summary of the entire movie. Boromir who has been possessed by the ring tries to take it from frodo, thus driving him from the fellowship. When he realizes what he has done he is grief stricken. Then a chance for redemption is given. With the armies of Sauroman arriving to take the ring Boromir takes action. With Merry and Pippin all but captured Boromir fends off the horde alone. He signals with his horn for his comrades in the fellowship and counts on their appearance as he fights on. As arrows begin cutting into his body he fights on but at last he can't fight on and though he fails at protecting the merry and pippin you feel that he has redeemed himself. In his last moments he admits to Aragorn that he attacked frodo and in some fine acting and dialogue Aragorn states "You have fought bravely and have kept your honor." Boromir then says "I would have gone anywhere with you my captain, my brother, My KING. It is a touching moment masterfully acted, written, and directed. Never mind what you have heard this was the best of the entire trilogy by a nautical mile.