Guest Blogger: Matt P1

One ring to rule them all. One find to find them. One ring to bring them all. And in the darkness bind them. That’s right, it is The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. This film follows the path of a young hobbit named Frodo (played by Elijah Wood) and his companions on their way to mount doom to destroy The Ring. Along their path they face inevitable opposition from a reincarnated Lord Sauron who wants his ring of power back and kill those who wish to take it or destroy it. A greater threat to their success however, is their own greed and pride, which could prove to be the greatest downfall possible. Frodo is joined by Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), Samwise (Sean Astin), Merry (Dominic Monaghan), Pippin (Billy Boyd), and Boromir (Sean Bean) who vow to help Frodo destroy the ring and maintain peace in their lives. Every single actor and actress in this movie did an extraordinary job and made the film truly revolutionary, bringing the novel to life vividly on the big-screen. The themes of this movie demonstrate perfect but highly dangerous love between Aragorn and Arwen (Liv Tyler), the dangers of greed and corruption when Boromir tried to take the ring from Frodo (the designated bearer) and use the ring of power for his own people, the wearing of everlasting conflict with the constant war raging on in Middle Earth, and the importance of friendship and fellowship throughout the whole movie and entire trilogy. At this point in time, newer and better things have come along, so every single critic has taken a shot at Peter Jackson’s work on The Lord of the Rings, especially the first in the trilogy just to try and get their name in the business, but the fact remains that every critic agreed to the film being incredible and ahead of its time when it initially hit theatres. I dearly love this movie along with its two sequels, and I would definitely recommend seeing them all in order or even out of order because it doesn’t hinder the brilliance of each! J.R.R. Tolkien wrote amazing books, and Peter Jackson made these words float off the page and into the hearts of fanatics everywhere, making this movie a must-see.