Great In Every Way

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 2006)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) ***** A stunning, wonderful screen adaptation, from acclaimed novelist J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring," that gives noteworthy treatment to every possible angle: The directing, acting, scripting, and the Oscar-winning musical score and cinematography. Viewers are taken to the made-up land of Middle Earth, where a hobbit named Frodo (Elijah Wood) is deemed bearer of a magical, darkly spiritual ring. He must hide the entrancing ring from the evil ones - in the form of daunting, faceless riders, and ultimately one powerful wizard as well - because they have their own plans with the ring to increase their power. When all seems hopeless, he is joined together by a variety of people - the title characters - and they journey to the distant mountains to destroy the ring. Followed by the necessary sequel, 'The Two Towers'.