Cast:
Elijah Wood - Frodo Baggins
Ian McKellan - Gandalf The Grey
Viggo Mortensen - Strider (Aragorn)
Sean Astin - Samwise Gamgee
Orlando Bloom - Legolas
John Rhys-Davies - Gimli
Sean Bean - Boromir
Liv Tyler - Arwen
Cate Blanchette - Galadriel
Billy Boyd - Peregrin Took (Pippin)
Dominic Monaghan - Meridoc Brandybuck (Merry)
Christopher Lee - Saruman
Ian Holm - Bilbo Baggins
Hugo Weaving - Elrond
Andy Serkis - Gollum
Set in mythic pre-historic times, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a magic ring from his elderly cousin Bilbo. Wise to the powers that the magic ring holds, the dark Lord Sauron wants it, knowing it will enable him to enslave the people of Middle Earth. In his effort to thwart Sauron, Frodo recruits the fellowship of a wizard, an elf, a dwarf and others on a mission to destroy the ring by casting it into the volcanic fires in the Crack of Doom. However, the ring unleashes its own power as a result of the struggle....
Directed by Peter Jackson - Rated PG-13
Critic Review
I cannot express how I feel in words. It is unbelievable. Two years from now, I quite possibly could be dead. This movie was so impressive that I had to see it again. And again. And I wouldn't mind seeing it some more. This dismal year for quality movies was salvaged in one breathtaking swoop by this film. Lord Of The Rings has everything: action, adventure, sword-fighting, suspense, strange creatures, comedy, drama, peril, romance, darkness, depth, and the list goes ever on. One of the most impressive elements was the acting. With a cast suchas this, it is easy to simply brush away as amature acting. In reality, it is exactly the opposite. Viggo, Elijah, and Ian McKellan could not have fit the characters any better. In fact, I couldn't have chosen a better cast myself. The visuals in this movie were also unspeakable. It boggles the mind mow great this movie is. And Howard Shore's score is perfect. What more could anyone want from a movie? I'll tell you. Two sequels which were all filmed at the same time. What we'll have is the next Star Wars trilogy, and that is hard to beat. "The best movie ever!" "So entertaining!" "A film triumph!" "The first real fantasy film in years." "The best movie of the year 2001!" "Rivaled only by Star Wars!" "A movie to see over and over again!" "Perfect!" "The Lord of the Film Industry!" "*****!"
