An ancient evil awakens and unlikely heroes arise to end it forever.

Rating: 7/10 (14 August 2015)

Frodo Baggins inherits his uncle's magic ring, which is the long- lost Ring of Power, which belonged to Sauron, the lord of evil. After this breeches-soiling revelation, Frodo embarks on a journey to take the ring to the elves of Rivendell. Once there, it is decided to form a small group to toss the ring into a volcano. From the outset of this quest, the party is beset by misadventure from blizzards to orcs to ancient demons.
This is more or less a faithful representation of Tolkien's signature work in film form. While there are some continuity and pacing issues, they are relatively minor (though fairly numerous). However, the writing was decent and they packed as much of the book as they could into the movie. The scenery shots were absolutely beautiful and the effects were not overblown.
In the end, I enjoyed this movie and it seemed like everyone was doing their jobs the best they could given the volume of material they were working with. While I do fault the writing and editing somewhat, there's only so much that can be done to compress that much narrative into a movie.