Lord of the Rings : Fellowship of the Ring Review

There is not a movie I would more highly recommend than Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Whatever you do, however, be sure and buy the EXTENDED RELEASE version of each film.  There are added scenes not shown in the theater and not on the original DVD release.  These scenes are wonderful, especially if you are as big a nut for these films as I am.

My only complaint is the director's (Peter Jackson) lack of following Tolkien's story line in its classically true form.  There are several scenes that stick out like a sore thumb: Aragorn not getting his famous sword at Rivendale; the King of the Dead and his army go into Gondor; Saruman is killed in Orthanc by Wormtongue; the scouring of the Shire never happens and several others I can't recall.

Nevertheless, this is an epic trilogy you don't want to miss!