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July 06, 2002
The Fellowship Of The Ring
Fantastic At last, and adaptation of a book that is true to the original, but not so exact that you get bored. Everyone knows that The Lord Of The Rings is a great story, but many people will never read it as it's very long. This is an ideal substitute for the book as you can get moving images of beautiful scenery instead of pages of prose, a snappy history of the Ring to start the film off, and a complete lack of Tom Bombadil and his songs. Excellent make-up and costumes make all the characters come to life in the just the way I envisioned them special effects are flawless, and only used where they are needed, and with orcs, sea monsters, wizards and the rest, they certainly are required. It has been said that it is only now that the technology is of a high enough standard to even think about filming LOTR, I think Ray Harryhausen could have had a go at it, but his balrog would have been a poor substitute for the CGI one we have here. A must see film, even for non-fans, though a bit scary in places for young children. AE0Posted by se71 at July 6, 2002 11:03 AM
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