Allegorical on today's Muslim/Christian Terrorism/America acts

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2004)

Enchanting and romantic. The trilogy is beautifully told. The shots were epic and the Tolkien fantasy books brought to film is a cinema fan's dream. I dare to tread on the ground of praises for it's consistent battles and obstacles and argue that they were sometimes sequenced too close together causing the mind to overload. I grew bored but remained dazzled. It seemed at most; a fun colorful fantasy roller coaster ride.
To destroy a ring. The film comes just in time while America is war with Iraq. The film displays heroism for your freedom and patriotism for your land. It is a mix of cultures coming together to destroy an evil; A unified monster society of anarchy serving no purpose but to please a dictator; an evil that wishes to rid of cultures. It seems allegorical to the present day. The eagles flying in to attack the dragons seemed a bit symbolic of America coming in to save the day. The ring represents, possibly oil, or better yet nuclear weapons. It is the Holy Grail; who possesses it is in charge.
Their is the Christian/Muslim war as well. It doesn't look good for the Muslim's...or does it. Spun from the Islamic world comes terrorism. Cultures will defeat this enemy. Freedom will prevail and your dragons will no longer control your people. But who funded terrorism? Cultures exist within the Islamic world as well and they possess the simple pleasures within certain boundaries; pleasures of enlightenment, as did the tribes of the Fellowship. The film could be argued either way as to who the Fellowship represents but it definitely possesses an element of present day events.

The Western culture lives in fantasy land. It's ports are filled with wine and drugs. Drink of thy cup. The Dragons could be Terrorists or they could be Corporations trying to suffocate cultures. Globalization.

It will be the Hobbits of either side; our sons and daughters of Bourgeois decadence or the children of destitute nations. The film and books play out like a prophecy as does the Bible and Torah. In the end is the big battle. It will be a big one.
Perhaps it is all just fantasy and no matter the place or time there will always be war as long as there are politics.
The film asks; live like the Hobbits; Self Sufficiency. No civilization has lasted and none ever will.
Here's to the one who destroys the ring.