A Pure and Enchanting Adventure

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2017)

If there's an afterlife, I want mine to be in the middle earth. Maybe in Shire as a hobbit or as an elf in the Rivendell or a dwarf or even as a human. But one thing that I am certain about is I will travel all the middle earth and visit every part and meet every races in it. The first time I saw Peter Jackson's masterpiece, I was a child. I was so fascinated by middle earth's medium and also had a little fear when I was with Frodo and Sam and beloved Sméagol's journey. As I grew up and got older, however my feelings about the movie changed but unlike the other fantasy movies, its value and greatness raised and became greater in my heart and my mind. I always enjoyed being the tenth company of the fellowship of the rings but I was just a watcher who saw the bravery of Aragorn and Gimli and Legolas and Boromir and also their loyalty, Frodo and Sam's sacrifices, company of Merry and Pippin (which at least gave me courage :D) and wisdom of Gandalf whom I wish a good long life for. One thing that fellowship never had but I had and have is Howard Shore's masterpiece. The Music that will take your soul to that pure and enchanting journey with it. I can just say, it's flawless. However dwarfs and elves are so talented in music so Legolas and Gimli certainly did cheered the fellowship up! I loved the production design. Grant Major and Dan Hennah did a great job. Shire was so peaceful and the Rivendell so beautiful. Mordor was scary enough for a child like me. The direction was great. The movie was more than three hours but Peter Jackson didn't allow the movie gets boring at all. Cinematography was also great. Sadly we lost Andrew Lesnie. Costume design; what can I say about that except that I love to try an elf's costume and also I want the fellowship's cloak that lady Galadriel gave them. The acts was great. Elijah Wood was really a hobbit named Frodo Baggins. Ian McKellen was wonderful as Gandalf the Grey. Orlando Bloom as Legolas and John Rhys-Davies as Gimli play very well as two competitive friends. And Viggo Mortensen was so charismatic as Aragorn. I don't know why Sean Bean as Boromir is so good for the parts like this. The last thing I want is that I forget everything about LOTR so that I can watch it without knowing what's gonna happen.