The Greatest Film Ever Made!

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2002)

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring exemplifies a perfect film. It's has an excellent setting (Middle Earth), which is boosted to an exemplary setting because of it's outstanding detail. Peter Jackson did an outstanding job, and made me feel as if I was in Middle Earth myself. The characters are also outstanding. From Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), to Arwen, princess of Rivendell (Liv Tyler), they all exhibit an amazing amount of strength and courage. Such exhibition is shown when Gandalf the Grey bravely tries to destroy the great Orc. Though he dies in the process, he leaves behind a soul filled with astounding bravery. The plot of the film is also fantastic. This is due to the fact that the producers chose to screenwrite arguably J.R.R Tolkien's greatest work. I cannot believe it took someone so long to decide to create a film out of this masterpiece of literature. The adaptation exemplified what the book was about. It covered most of the details, from the shire in Hobbiton, all the way to the caves of Mount Doom. The acting is superb! Elijah Wood, Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, and the rest all play their roles beautifully. Peter Jackson did a fine job! If only the Academy Idiots could see what I see... Fellowship of the Ring deserved Best Picture a googol (1 with a hundred zeros) times more than A Beautiful Mind. Peter Jackson also deserved Best Director a googol times more than Ron Howard. But hey, what can you expect? The Academy is one of the most inaccurate Award groups that there is. Examples: Shawshank Redemption (#2 on the IMDB) AND Pulp Fiction (#14) lost to Forrest Gump (#144); LA Confidential (#38) AND Good Will Hunting (#183) lost to Titanic; Saving Private Ryan (#36) lost to Shakespeare in Love (#246); Goodfellas (#20) lost to Dances With Wolves; Raiders of the Lost Ark (#14) lost to Chariots of Fire, and so on and so forth. So as you can clearly see, if something comes out of the Academy, it's about as valuable as..........well how about that? I can't find anything less valuable than an Academy Award. An Academy Award should be voted for by the people, just like American Democracy. We've been doing that for over 200 years with American Presidents, and we've very rarely gone wrong. So, I hope that happens sometime soon. Anyways, in conclusion, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings is, without a doubt, the greatest film ever made!