Well made qwest movie...

Rating: 7/10 (14 November 2009)

1st watched 10/24/2009 – 7 out of 10 (Dir-Peter Jackson): Well made qwest movie based on the classic book by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is the first in an obvious trilogy created by Peter Jackson and is made appealing enough to want you to watch the others.(In fact you have to if you want to find out how it ends) The story revolves around a ring originally owned by the evil king of Moldore and has the most power of the 15'ish original ones. This ring is the only one left and is owned by a hobbit named Baggins who passes it down to his son Frodo, played by Elijah Wood. Frodo then skips town so that evil pursuers can't wreak havoc on his native townspeople hoping to get further instructions from the wizard Gandorf. He has to improvise for a little while after getting some help from a ranger but then lets the decision be made by a group of elders of middle earth—who don't decide – and then he makes the decision to take the ring with a group(called the Fellowship of the ring) to the mountain of Moldare to be destroyed(which is the real quest in the movie). This movie has a good pace and really doesn't get boring despite it's three hour length. It has interesting characters who show us their hearts which makes us care about them. Yes, it's an action movie with plenty of that but it's heart is what sells it for me. The effects and settings are well done and the acting is also very good. The obvious non-ending didn't bother me too much knowing that there are two more movies to tell the whole story and it was initially intended that way. Overall, a well done effort by Peter Jackson(former independent Australian director) and his company.