This movie goes nowhere slowly; I won't call it slow-paced as that would be saying that it has a pace and this movie is completely and totally pace-less. I feel asleep in the theater and woke up 20 minutes latter to find myself looking at the exact same frame. Seriously folks, I'd rather watch sails fucking in real time; not only would it be faster but there would also be a climax!
After "An Unexpected Journey," I felt compelled to revisit Tolkien's source material for the first time since middle school, as well as finally tackle the Extended Editions of the original trilogy. I'm now convinced "Fellowship" is one of the most stunning and faithful book-to-film translations of all time. Peter Jackson brings roving camera work, majestic aerial shots, and a truly operatic scale to the world of Middle-Earth. Combined with Howard Shore's note-perfect soundtrack, it's enough to move a "Lord of the Rings" fan to tears. The only downside to the Extended version of "Fellowship" is that it robs the film of its swift-footed pacing, which I believe was at least part of the reason why the movie was such a massive hit in theaters.
I always thought that at the end people were too busy wanking with Return of the King to remember how good the first one was. It's like once you get the 2nd and 3rd parts you forget what was so wonderful on the first place. The same thing happened with Batman Begins.
If nothing else, this first instalment in Jackson’s epic trilogy, serves as the ultimate in blockbuster entertainment. The storytelling, if hardly groundbreaking, is immersive, as is the gorgeous cinematography. Canted angles and swooping camera shots also feature. Evocative, epic fantasy.
Even a decade on, and under less impressionable oversight, the first of Jackson’s LOTR trifecta still engages with its immersive storytelling and visuals, enhanced by its sweeping CGI wizardry. In fact, the heightened cinematography that Jackson often conjures - Dutch angles, camera swoops, gothic designs; perhaps born from his origins as a cult filmmaker on the midnight circuit - borders on camp, even, but still comes to serve the more evocative fantasy sequences of Tolkien’s well. Fine blockbuster entertainment still.
Incredibly thrilling and entertaining. The cinematography, the costumes, the setpieces, the characters..Everything about this film is masterful.
This film is like a meticulous story-teller. The details are intricate, the descriptions are vivid, images are wonderful.
After a recent viewing, "Fellowship" remains my favorite film in the trilogy. It's a great introduction to the world of Middle Earth and yet it feels like a complete story from beginning to end rather than a mere installment like the other two. The fellowship is formed and ultimately fails, and we get Boromir's entire character arc in one movie. "Fellowship" has a seductive magic; nothing feels perfunctory.
Sam is the real hero in the first part, Frodo just sucks..! a very awesome fantasy story, great pictures & perfect ambiente - made to escape from this shit place aka as earth..!
I must confess, at the time I saw it in theaters; I really didn't think much of the movie at all. I suppose the length and lack of an intermission were really too much for me. As I grew older and grew to love the genre of fantasy, my opinion turned around and I fell in love with it. What Jackson accomplished is an Herculean task of adapting the books and he came out in flying colors. Everything about it is amazing.
A technical achievement that can not be denied, I was saddened by the parts of the books that I enjoyed that got cut out yet also frustrated at how the non-extended version I watched did not seem to end. Overall though you can't deny that it is incredibly impressive as a work of film. Excited to see the next two installments.
These movies came along at exactly the right time in my life. I was dealing with some difficult stuff but for three years each Christmas I got to go with my Dad and lose myself in Middle Earth with the hobbits and elves and dwarfs and orcs and fucking walking trees, where death wasn’t a brutal, ugly, soul destroying thing, but actually really beautiful. They helped me a lot and I’ll always be pretty attached to them.
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