The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Special Extended DVD Edition) [DVD] [2001]

This and The Hobbit trilogy are my favourite films of all time - the adventure journeys are so absorbing! Each time I get near the end I can't wait to start the adventures again, music and scenery fabulous!

Excellent and very repeat watchable as there is always a lot visually going on. Maybe there should be 1 last adventure lets hope.

This is a timeless masterpiece. Building on the exceptional storytelling of JRR Tolkien, Peter Jackson has brought the book to the big screen in truly stunning detail and magnificence.There is no aspect of this film that disappoints, the visuals, musical score and cinematography are all of the highest quality. The actors were all well aware of the importance of the story and put their hearts and souls into their performances and played their roles to perfection.It still holds up nearly 25 years after it's release. The prosthetics and make-up still look as good today as they did in the early 2000's and all bar a very few CGI effects equal those in films made today.This Collectors edition also features dozens of documentaries detailing how the films were made and how many of the important effects like perspectives were achieved. The documentaries alone are well worth a watch.You can tell that everyone involved in the creation of this masterpiece had a genuine love of the story and gave their all to not only bring it to the big screen, but to make it the best it could be.

Great film

I’ve seen this movie so many times and it still gives me chills. The story, the music, the characters — it all just works. You really feel like you're going on the journey with them. It starts off a bit slow, but once it gets going, you're hooked. Also, the Shire looks like the most peaceful place ever. Just a solid, timeless movie. Worth a rewatch every few years.

I can safely say this movie introduced me to fantasy. Its got a compelling story, likeable characters and great action. Elijah Wood does a great job as Frodo and he has great chemistry with Aragon, Gandalf and the other hobbits and for me helps carry the movie. The supporting cast is great aswell especially Elrond. The story when boiled down is essentially a quest to destroy a ring- a ring of ultimate power- but as the movie continues more and more characters are introduced along with interesting conflicts between characters. Eventhough, this has a huge cast, you understand the motives behind the characters and why they chose to do certain things which shows you how great the great writing and directing is. The action is also amazing, this movie has an epic opening battle scene and has some great and easy to follow action that manages to keep you in the edge of your seat. None of that quick cuts or jumps from scene to scene that makes it hard to follow the action like some modern movies tend to do. However, I do have one gripe about the battles,sometimes the main characters seem a bit too overpowered, like when Aragon faced a whole army of Uruk-hai alone and the Uruk-hai followed the trope of just attacking him one by one instead of swarming him and when Aragon fought off all the ring wraiths alone. Moreover, the practical effects and costume design was mindblowing. None of the costumes or sets seems dated, from the shire to Modor, it looked spectacular and I have to give praise for the people who created the Uruk-hai and orcs make up and costume, they truly seemed terrifying. Overall, I would recommend this movie, it is a great fantasy movie introducing people to world that Tolkien created.

Like lord of the rings but longer.

Excellent