Film Review

Film Review

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Synopsis:

A simple Hobbit is drawn into a world of elves, dwarves, wizards and dark lords in a journey across Middle-Earth to destroy the magical One Ring and its dark master Sauron before Middle-Earth falls into his evil grasp.

Rating:

5 stars out of 5

Criticism:

Although the film follows the basic storyline many of the characters and dark creatures encountered by the fellowship that does not affect the plot have been omitted. An example of the characters omitted was Tom Bombadil, a friendly forest man who uses songs to calm the dark spirits of the forest. Another example is the Barrow-Wights, dark spirits of dead kings who are under the control of the evil Nazgul.

Positive Points:

The parts that were included however were directed and portrayed in such a way that kept the spirit of the books but adapted it to suit the screen. Also from the very beginning you were able to sense and understand the relationships between the characters easily and effortlessly.

Cast:

Elijah Wood: Frodo Baggins

Ian Mckellen: Gandalf

Viggo Mortensen: Aragorn

Sean Bean: Boromir

Sean Austin: Samwise “Sam” Gamgee

Ian Holm: Bilbo Baggins

John Rhys-Davies: Gimli

Billy Boyd: Pippin

Dominic Monaghan: Merry

Orlando Bloom: Legolas

Christopher Lee: Saruman

Worldwide Box office: Worldwide Box Office: $869,390,266

Production Budget: $109,000,000

Director: Peter Jackson

Certificate: PG

Length: 178 minutes

I believe that the target audience is meant to be teenagers and adults. This is because of the intricate plot lines and complicated dialogue. 

Genre: Fantasy

The music of this film was composed by Howard Shore. He also composed the music for the other two films which proceeded it.