A little bit too long for me.

Rating: 8/10 (2 May 2006)

The Lord of the Rings : Fellowship of the Rings hit the UK cinema's whilst I was still in High School. At the time I didn't really care much for it as I was and to this day still am a huge Matrix fan however the time would eventually come where I would have to explore a new saga and LOTR seemed like a good place to start as I was starting to feel like the only person on earth who had not seen it although I had all 3 films on DVD for quite some time . So yesterday I sat down for what would be one of the longest films I have seen without taking a break . What can I say ...that after the movie had finished I had gone straight to sleep . I HAD NO CLUE IT WOULD BE THAT LONG ! Having said that it was an entertaining first part and it has got a bit worked up to see the other instalments . The story is not difficult to follow at all so its pretty easy to get into and follow and it keeps on moving on to the next level which you are waiting to see what happens next . The SFX were mind blowing from the start so you know that there was no other way to approach this film but with epic proportions especially when you meet Sauron ! Elijah Wood ,Hugo Weaving , Vigo Mortison,Sean Bean , Ian Mckellen and Ian Holm all done a brilliant job and Chrispother Lee put the icing on the cake . At times you wanted to look away or nod off but too much was happening and you could not afford to look away or miss out on anything , thusly I can understand the rather lengthy running time . The only thing that pester's me a bit were the annoying name's but at least I can remember some of the main ones , i.e Bilbo ,Frodo , Strider , Gandalf - I've already forgotten Lee's character's name ! To sum it up , a good place to start and learn about this saga , plenty of action and drama and this was only the first film . I am itching to see the other 2 .
LORD OF THE RINGS : THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - 8.4 OUT 10 SO FOR NOW THIS IS SHADOWMAN WISHING YOU GOOD LUCK AND GOODNIGHT !