![]() ![]() They are an insular people and, with the exception of Bilbo Baggins (chipper Ian Holm), none has gone beyond the boundaries of their homeland.īilbo's last - and only - adventure ended with the discovery of the golden ring, which was then in the hands of a sibilant cave-dweller who lived in its thrall. Even so, the tale is highly complex, and one of the movie's achievements is that even the uninitiated are unlikely to get lost in the woods.Īfter a prologue about the history of that all-powerful talisman the One Ring, the camera finds the Shire, a rural enclave inhabited by wee, hairy-footed farmers called hobbits. Jackson and his co-writers, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, are faithful to the original story line, but they had to cut certain secondary characters and plot twists to stay (barely) within a three-hour running time. ![]() Even Tolkien might have delighted in the silvery sounds of the Elvish tongue (with English subtitles), spoken between a pair of ethereal lovers, and the director's gift for storytelling. ![]() Such a movie can never live up to the wildest expectations, although Jackson's version comes within a whisker. It's always tricky to adapt a classic, especially one with legions of fanatical followers. Tolkien probably would have looked down his nose at Jackson's painstakingly detailed, eye-popping screen translation of "The Fellowship of the Ring." Then again, the old Luddite wouldn't have cared for anybody else's, either. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings." The long-awaited adaptation of the first book of that trilogy, with its spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope, is a dream come true. From the sunny fields of the Shire to the sulfurous caverns of Isengard, Peter Jackson vividly re-creates the wondrous worlds within J.R.R. ![]()
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