The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air."

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2014)

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air."
This is the memorable quote by Galadriel introducing the movie. Honestly, I was in the age of 9 when I could have convinced my parents with the help of my cousins to take us to the theater to experience this marvelous creation of the mighty director bearing the name Peter Jackson.
Above all, I need to clarify that this movie is not perfect. I've never (and nobody has ever) met a movie, which can be considered faultless. Everybody has to admit the fact, that even if we're biased toward our favorite movies, they also have more or less mistakes. But we tend to just simply pass over them. In the case of this movie they have made some mistakes in the adaptation process, sometimes it could became painfully sluggish and depressed, it's runtime is so, that the movie is independently able to create the concept of never-ending".
BUT! Despite of these small errors", declaring, that the magnificent and spectacular moments, the deeply philosophical quotes, the inimitable acting performance, the immersive and mind- blowing music composing, the stunning and dazzling visual effects are inappropriate, that is an epic mistake! Peter Jackson completed his quest, and thus could have set a standard by which future movies should be judged and rated.
The story takes place in the magical realm of Middle-Earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien. We can witness how a meek hobbit of The Shire sets out on a perilous journey in the company of his gardener and two of his friends, and how he accepts his fate about facing a world destroyer evil, Sauron, The Deceiver.
I can't describe how fantastic the story is. Tolkien could professionally narrate you a true and touching tale about friendship, cohesion, loyalty, honor, treachery, forgiveness, malice and goodness. All of these attributes and feelings can recognized in different scenes of the movie. They are illustrated by deed of the actors, the soundtracks, the locations and quotes or simple words. This movie represents that if you are small and tiny, you still can become stronger, but in order to that you have to survive many physical and mental trials without fatigue and abdication of your responsibilities. You can find every precious sentimental human values when you watch over the trilogy, and they perfectly spread among the different fictional races. And the way of how Tolkien stirred and mixed these values in his fairy tale, that was the thing, which enabled him to successfully accomplish the creation of one of the worlds greatest and most epic drama story.
But besides philosophy and theories, there are many other intrinsic values that can be perceptible by everyone!
1) The visuals. The quality of the image through the whole movie in mind-blowing! They put so many CGI in the film, but they do in a perfect way, so that I haven't grabbed me out of the movie. I could have totally take the 3,5 hours seriously, because the effects were not over-hyped and over-saturated by preposterous and unnatural colors. They were smooth and soft, but well-designed down to the tiniest details. They filmed most of the motion picture in real, existing locations of New Zealand, and they only filled the empty spaced with some monument or ruins of old destroyed castles. The overall visual design of Middle-Earth was so realistic and lifelike.
2) The performance. All the actors made a remarkable job during the filming. They killed their characters from the beginning till the end. In my opinion, choosing an adequate actor for the role of Aragorn was one of the most critical point of the organization of the whole crew. This character is a major icon of the history of Middle- Earth. But Viggo Mortensen has made the best out of himself, so no worries! Ian McKellen visualized Gandalf in a legendary way. Every time I saw his character, ha reminds me Gandalf and Dumbledore at all. So he made Gandalf not just A Wizzard, but THE Wizzard. Elijah Wood's performance was also surprisingly great. I didn't have too much expectations about that, so I was pleasantly surprised. He could totally integrate Frodo's mental and physical development into his character. 10 points for the Hobbits.
3) The sound & music. All hail to Howard Shore. Since the old, original Star Wars trilogy it has never even crossed my mind, that I would ever experience the I was chilled to my bones" effect on myself. But the soundtrack is simply magnificent in this movie. Every time I can hear the pure melody, I feel myself being taken to Middle-Earth on the wings the epic music. All the original score is almost beyond epic totally fits the actual occasion happening on the screen. The other sounds are also flawlessly edited. The screeching of the nazguls is still can terrify me even today.
4) The adaptation. I admit that some essential elements and characters were left out of movie, and the story was altered somewhere, but despite of that you can't judge the movie, because it still perfectly bring Middle-Earth to life before our eyes, which is totally the same what you can build up in your mind out of the raw material gained from Tolkien's book. Peter Jackson had to visualize a whole universe, and he managed to succeed. You can find many tiny details in the movie that you can also find in the thick book while seeking through the lines. And this is the key thing, that makes the movie so charming for the true fans, so that it would give your hearth a warm hug.
This is the movie of my life! When it came out, it just simply hit the screen with true vengeance.
Thanks for spending your precious free time with reading my review! Hope you liked it!