review of the lord of the rings trilogy

Rating: Null/10 (15 January 2004)

A clash of brilliant filmmaking by Peter Jackson and writing from JRR Tolkien, produces the brilliant film trilogy- the Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Rings is acclaimed to be the best trilogy ever made, breaking box office records, over throwing the classic trilogies such as Star Wars and The Godfather.
The films show audiences how the hobbit characters Frodo and Sam, make a heroic journey to Mount Doom, the only place where the ring can be destroyed, along with the characters Gandolf, Gimli, Aragorn, Legolas, Pippin and Merry who help the courageous three on their journey.

The first of the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring shows audiences how the ring ends up in the hands of a hobbit named Frodo Baggins. Gandolf soon realises that this is the ring that belonged to the Dark Lord Sauron. Because of this, Frodo must make an epic journey along with his best friend Sam to get the ring out of the shire and destroy it. The ring starts to take Frodo into its power, making Frodo seem loyal to the ring.
Although I myself am not a big fan of fantasy film or books, this magnificent piece of filmmaking bought a new and fantastic taste to the fantasy genre. The film it self is not cheesy or stupid in its ideas and special effects, but offers audiences a sense of gratification, suspense and the whoa factor you should get in films.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, exceeded the first of the trilogy. Now the fellowship has been broken, Sam and Frodo carry on with their trek on to Mordor to complete the epic journey. While Merry and Pippin have been captured by the Urak-Hai. Aragorn, Gandolf, Gimli and Legolas are set on a rebellion against the army of the Dark Lord who have been sent to destroy the Man of Middle Earth. But now one of the original bearers of the burden ring has found it's `precious' and decides to help Sam and Frodo with their journey to Mount Doom.
The film begins with a patient two hours of suspension. Then in the last hour of the film, the pure craftsmanship of the film takes focus, leaving jaws dropped with the fantastic effects drawing everyone to pure gratification of the film, leading audiences to a worthwhile pure fantasy brilliance. Because of the wait, the battle scenes draw audiences into the film very easily. You can feel yourself frustrated when Helm's Deep is being destroyed by the evil Orc's, but gratified when any of the evil Orc's are killed. It leaves a sensation inside and brings out such emotion.

The best out of the trilogy; The Return of the King! As Sam, Gollum and Frodo carry on their trek through to Mount Doom to destroy the burden ring, the other characters are split up. Gandolf and Pippin travel to Minas Tirith to help keep Gondor, while Merry is left behind. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli claim a dead army from the cursed mountain to help their fight. Eventually, they find their way to the dark gates in hope to distract the great Eye of Sauron from Frodo and Sam, so they can destroy the ring easily.

From a twisted beginning to a triumphant tearful end, the film was a pure brilliant masterpiece. Peter Jackson again proved his talent of showing audiences one of the most acclaimed trilogies of all time. Through all of the special effects used, the film was not tacky or unbelievable, like some contemporary Hollywood films such as Spiderman or Daredevil. You could get into the film easily, feeling nervous when the characters do, feeling a sense of pride, suspense and appreciation. For me the best moment in the film was near the end where hundreds of thousands of people bowed to give thanks to Pippin, Merry, Sam and Frodo, I could feel the water in my eyes as I felt such triumph in that the whole ordeal was over.

You can see through watching the films why The Lord of the Rings Trilogy grossed as much as $276 billion dollars worldwide, with $860 million dollars grossed from the Fellowship of the Ring, $900 million dollars grossed from the Two Towers and $900 million grossed from the Return of the King. The trilogy is truly a well deserving and well-acclaimed best of movies.