Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring

Introduction

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a film US - New Zealand, the first part of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings, directed by Peter Jackson, of after the adaptation of the book The Fellowship of the Ring of JRR Tolkien, and released worldwide on 19 December 2001. At its theatrical release, the film was a huge commercial success and received positive reviews throughout. He also won numerous awards, including four Oscars and four BAFTA Awards. The American Film Institute ranked him in its list of 100 best American movies and the second best film of fantasy of all time. A longer version of the film with additional scenes thirty minutes is output only to the market video.

Thesis Statement

Analysis and interpretation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Storytelling and Acting

The Fellowship of the Ring begins narrating the existence of the creation of the Rings of Power. "Three rings for the elven kings under the sky. Seven for the Dwarf-lords in palaces of stone. Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die (Sibley, 2001). One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne. Sauron, the Dark Lord, was the creator of most of them, thanks to his knowledge is also created that retained the Three Elves, but never touched or defiled (Tolkien & Lee, 2002). But the rest of the rings were subjugated under the power of the One Ring, in which Sauron the Maia sought to dominate the Middle Earth. Through these rings Sauron corrupted to their owners, enabling their armies conquered the Middle Earth (Tolkien, 1993). It is in the final siege to the Dark Tower in Mordor, where Sauron lost the Ring at the hands of the son of the King of Gondor , Isildur . He could destroy the ring, knocking him to Mount Doom, but before doing so he changed his mind and decided to keep to himself. Indeed, it suggests that the ring has a will and can corrupt its owner. Isildur was slain by Orcs in a river, and the Ring was lost in the bottom of it, until a creature Gollum found it 2500 years later and took him deep into a mountain, saving it for 500 years. But finally the Ring left him to be found by Bilbo Baggins , the Shire , a hobbit who was heading to the Lonely Mountain, as narrated in the novel The Hobbit , published prior to The Lord of the Rings (Smith, 2003).

Bilbo kept the ring for almost 60 years without knowing its true nature, and thinking of him as a mere curio that allowed him to become the invisible when worn. Moreover, although he did not know, the ring gave him a strange longevity (Hammond & Scull, 2005). During the celebration of his birthday No. 111, Gandalf the Grey pressures Bilbo to leave the ring, and at the strange and aggressive attitude of Bilbo, becomes suspicious about ...