The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson, based on 1954’s The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film is the first installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It features an ensemble cast including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, and Andy Serkis.
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Okay, alright. I really don’t need to be reviewing a movie that’s part of my all-time favorite trilogies. A movie that shaped the majority of my young adult life. A movie that has connected so many friendships. A movie that continues to this day to make me smile every time I watch it. A movie that I have the extended edition on DVD along with the other two in the trilogy.
So, what I’ll do for you is rank the trilogy from 1 to 3, with the caveat that I love all of these movies, but for different reasons, and without the others none of them would be as good as they are on their own.
2 – The Fellowship of the Ring
To explain: I have said multiple times that origin stories are my favorite, and that still continues to be the case here, which is why it’s at #2. However, this movie is more about character introductions, the hobbits, and well (spoilers?) some death. Yeah, we get some lore (which lore is what Tolkien is all about), but we don’t get a lot of action or adventure. It’s a good opening, for sure, but the other movies have more appeal for getting the plot moving along.
Stay tuned to find out which movie I’m ranking as #1 – comment below for your guess, and let me know your thoughts on this trilogy!
Fellowship of Filming(s) 