FilmCreature Reviews 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'

Rating: 10/10 (7 July 2007)

The computer FX in this movie are stunning and not overdone. Director Peter Jackson hires the now-famous WETA Workshop to create frightening creatures and vast, wondrous environments. The action in this first LOTR film is very satisfying, and the acting is good as well. Elijah Wood plays Frodo, a young "hobbit" (short little dude) who is destined to destroy the cursed Ring that has plagued Middle Earth for thousands of years.
Frodo will be guided by the wise wizard Gandolf (Golden Globe-winner Ian McKellan), and aided by a fellowship of warriors, including Aragorn, the ranger in love with an elf (Liv Tyler), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), an archer elf, and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) a plump dwarf who can kick your a$$ with an ax. And it has some other humans and hobbits and Hugo Weaving and stuff.
A magical movie to be watched again and again.