Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Predecessor : The Hobbit
Directed by : Peter Jackson
Starring : Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
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| The Fellowship of the Ring |
You may haven't watched it yet, but you definitely heard about it. Considered to be one of the biggest and the most successful sci-fi movie projects even has in the history of the Hollywood movie industry,The Lord of the Rings series are actually based on one of the best-selling epic novel ever The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. Three parts of the series, The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) won 17 out of 30 total Academy Award nominations. Epic, special effects, incredible creatures, wars, and the battles between good and evil are all you can find in this fantasy world of Middle-earth.
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| posters of the series |
Since it was a very well-known movie series (I guess), instead of telling you the story line I'll share some of my personal opinions on it.
Racial relations - good and evil :
According to the films, there are many races exist in Middle-earth besides human. Since they all have different lifestyles, the Middle-earth people were divided into two groups.We have ainur, hobbits, eagles, giants, huorns, elves, men, dwarves, ents, river-maids and tom bombadil on the side of good. And balrogs, barrow-wights, the dead, dragons, goblins,men, orcs, ringwraiths, spiders, trolls, vampires, wargs, werewolves on the evil side. So we have men on both good and evil side because men are considered to be the most changeable races in the story.
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| Legolas(right) and Gimli(left) have a poor start at the beginning |
The relationships of elves and dwarves definitely is the most dramatic one in Tolkien's stories. The relationship between these two races totally changes after Thingol (character of King of Doriath), the Elf-lords, was murdered by dwarves. That's why the two members of the fellowship, Legolas(elf) and Gimli(dwarf) hate each other right from the beginning. But even with a poor start they begin to know each other gradually during the trip. The strife between their races soon broke up and they become such close friends.
The Ring - the represent of one's desire :
In the series, all the characters are struggling from the temptation to keep the One Ring for themselves, which will give them the supreme power of the darkness. Instead of using the power of light, they succumbed to use the dark power and lost their determinations to destroy the One Ring. But things always turn out badly after they succumbed their own desires. Like the king of Gondo, Isildur, who refused to destroy the One Ring after he defeated Sauron, the evil king. He died when he put on the One Ring and tried to escape away from his enemies while he and his army are being trapped, but the ring betrayed him by growing bigger and slipping away from his finger. And Gollum, who used to be a normal hobbit turned into an ugly neurotic creature after he became the owner of the ring.
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| Gollum used to be a normal hobbit named Sméagol before he was corrupted by the One Ring. He kept the ring for nearly 500 years and died when he tried to seize it from Frodo and fell into the lava. |
What make a hero - the determined heart:
In the series, there is a case show us how the different choices can make a person become a hero or a villain when they being put into the same situation, it is when Gandalf refused Saruman suggest to keep the One Ring. We have Saruman, who succumbed to fight Sharon by using the dark powers, and Gandalf, who found out how danger the ring was and even more determined to destroy it. When Saruman inducing Gandalf that he could take the Ring for himself and being refused by Gandalf, it really make a big difference between them.
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| The grey wizard and the white wizard used to be close friend |
Spectacular special effects:
The lights and special effects from the entire movie trilogy is a visual feast. The Lord of the Rings series actually won 4 Academy Awards for it visuals effects and art direction! There are a lot of battles and fights in the movie and I was so impressed by the scene of the final battle. It's so spectacular! I love all the magic, the dragon and the armies. It actually was one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
The final battle:
Some others scene from the movie:
I hope you enjoyed it.
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