THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS & THE RETURN OF THE KING ☆,☆,★
Year: 2001, 2002, 2003 Rated PG-13 Genre: Adventure, Book-to-Movie, Epic, Fantasy Language: English Runtime: 2:58:00, 2:59:00, 3:21:00 Director: Peter Jackson ☆,,★ Main Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen ☆, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Hugo Weaving, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Sean Bean, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, Brad Dourif, John Noble Notable Mentions: J. R. R. Tolkien's Novel
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As a fantasy film, The Lord of the Rings isn't as pretty as the Harry Potter series. In the genre of epic journey, its story pale in comparison to Journey to the West. I appreciate J. R. R. Tolkien's writing more than the films themselves. I don't think I would rank the films as high on the list if I didn't know that they were based on an important piece of literature. J. R. R. Tolkien's genius shines through the films' plot and many of the films' scenes and dialogues. In other words, the filmmakers did a good job maintaining the integrity of the original literature. All in all, if I were to judge the films by themselves without accounting for the films' origin, I would say they are just alright. Maybe I would feel differently about the films if I had watched them when they were first released. Special effects are so common nowadays. They are not appreciated like they used to.
