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hechboy2

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I have never read The Lord of the Rings books but I saw all of the movies.This one had cool action and funny moments.I love the story, but why I didn't give it a perfect is that the special effects on Golem weren't so great.Thats all I have to say.

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Posted jul 5, 2009 2:30 am pt

thuginthemaking

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the extended cut of the movie,is hands down, much better than the theatrical version.

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Posted sep 28, 2008 9:45 pm pt

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Brilliant story,
STRONG action,
Amazing fantasy but overall

tooo loonnnggg

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Posted jul 13, 2008 10:43 pm pt

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We all know it was one of the best epics ever made. Enough said.

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Posted jul 8, 2008 2:54 am pt

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Great! Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time!

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Posted mar 5, 2008 9:38 am pt

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It was a great. This movie really surprised me. The actors that were chosen put themselves into being the characters really well. A few of the parts were slow/boring, but overall it was fantastic.

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Posted feb 13, 2008 12:11 pm pt

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This movie is a great as the books they were based off of. The casting was top notch and one of the few that fit every character. The story was one of the greatest epics of several generations. I thank the studio and all those involved for...
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This movie is a great as the books they were based off of. The casting was top notch and one of the few that fit every character. The story was one of the greatest epics of several generations. I thank the studio and all those involved for bringing these movies to the big screen.

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Posted feb 7, 2008 8:09 am pt

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my favorite part is the beginning were there at the shire

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Posted jan 17, 2008 4:35 am pt

heylin_prince

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the begginig of a great movie trilogy

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Posted nov 18, 2007 4:40 am pt

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I thought it was a good movie. It had alot of cool Speical effect and It had a good storyline. Some part was boring, But it's still a good movie. I like the music, the action, and it had a great cast. If you're the fan of the Lord of the ring book...
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I thought it was a good movie. It had alot of cool Speical effect and It had a good storyline. Some part was boring, But it's still a good movie. I like the music, the action, and it had a great cast. If you're the fan of the Lord of the ring book and this movie is for you. I give this movie, Four Stars.

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Posted oct 8, 2007 2:56 am pt

• [+] Salon.com
  
  100
  I see it as nearly perfect: It's one of the best fantasy pictures ever made.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  100
  An extraordinary work, grandly conceived, brilliantly executed and wildly entertaining. It's a hobbit's dream, a wizard's delight. And, of course, it's only the beginning.

  by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »
• [+] Wall Street Journal
  
  100
  Against all odds in an era of machine-made spectaculars, Mr. Jackson and his collaborators have created a film epic that lives and breathes.

  by Joe Morgenstern | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  100
  The Movie Works. It has real passion, real emotion, real terror, and a tactile sense of evil that is missing in that other current movie dealing with wizards, wonders and wickedness.

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  100
  So consistently involving because the excellent cast delivers their lines with the kind of utter conviction not seen in this kind of movie since the first "Star Wars."

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  100
  Fashioned by a buff, The Lord of the Rings is a banquet for the buff in us all. I left exhausted, happy, intoxicated.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  100
  The film is a virtuosic triumph, but parlor tricks don't make movies, and it's Jackson's unwavering sincerity that elevates The Fellowship of the Ring into the increasingly rare Valhalla of the rousing, well-told tale.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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  Made with intelligence, imagination, passion and skill, propulsively paced and shot through with an aged-in-oak sense of wonder, the trilogy's first film so thrillingly catches us up in its sweeping story that nothing matters but the vivid and compelling events unfolding on the screen.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
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  Jackson surpasses the expectations anyone might have had for him with The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of his trilogy devoted to J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  100
  Though faithful in every detail to Tolkien, it has a vigorous life of its own -- grandeur, moral heft and emotional depth.

  by Richard Corliss | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
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  A movie masterpiece -- thrilling, passionate and wise.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  100
  Gets it right. It's a wonderful movie. Watching it, one can't help but get the impression that everyone involved was steeped in Tolkien's work, loved the book, treasured it and took care not to break a cherished thing in it.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  Vibrantly, intricately alive on its own terms. This is what magic the movies can conjure with an inspired fellowship in charge, and unlimited pots of gold.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  100
  With its spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope, is a dream come true.

  by Rita Kempley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
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  Fellowship is the real deal, a movie epic that pops your eyes out, piles on thrills and fun, and yet stays intimately attuned to character.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »