The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

I appreciate this more after reading the books and watching the other movies. Still very boring at times and the characters aren’t great, but the scope and ambition of this movie is a sight to behold.

This is the start of one of the greatest if not the greatest movie trilogy ever. This movie is such a great start to an incredible adventure let alone how iconic this movie is every scene feels iconic, the biblical themes are very nice because there is some obvious biblical themes but there are also se that take some thought to recognize.

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The Fellowship of the Ring is not only centered around biblical-ish themes, but also has epic characters and at it's heart a most noble cause. There is emphasis on such things as providence:
"Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought." -Gandalf
and also small acts of kindness having big impacts:
"My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over [so] the pity of Bilbo [on him] may rule the fate of many." -also Gandalf
One thing that does bring the rating down is the seeping in of secular themes like following your heart and such overrated nonsense. This technically could be used in a good way, but it's so oversaturated these days. "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things." (Phillipians 4:8)
It's so dense in action and goodness that It keeps you smilling from ear to ear through every heroic act and feeling compassion in your heart through every heart breaking scene (R.I.P. Boramir). This movie (and trilogy) does contain sorcery and spells and such, yet unlike Harry Potter, it does not glamorize it as something to do in the real world, and is used simply to enhance the plot. There really isn't a direct corrolation here to spiritual truths but some things do come to mind. Maybe gifts God gives us? Those which can be used for good or ill. I suppose I should also mention that I watched the extended version. None of the parts I mentioned thus far are Ext. Edition additions, however, after looking up which scenes were added, they're some of my favorites, so I would recommend starting your'e adventure with this version if you can. W Sam and Aragorn.

While it is a little long, I'll give it the credit it deserves because without this one, Towers and King would've never gotten off the ground. While some people may find the lore boring, I think it's interesting and there is actually some action in the movie; it's just towards the end. Overall a little slow but good movie.

Sets the exposition for an amazing movie series. The characters are iconic and likable which leads to great development.