The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (Box Set)

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Action/Adventure - Director: Peter Jackson - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean, Christopher Lee more

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Peter Jackson's suitably massive interpretation of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. All three huge, action-packed movies in one box. See individual titles from Entertainment in Video...
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Did you enjoy it? Loved it 
Story Outstanding 
Characters / Performances Outstanding 
Special Effects Outstanding 
Soundtrack Outstanding 

Advantages: Everything -  - virtually perfect in every way
Disadvantages: it had to end  : (

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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There is so much that one can say about these epic masterpieces that it is hard to decide where to begin. I guess a good place is the beginning.

Unless you've lived under a rock the past 6 or 7 years (or even the past 40 years), you know the basic story of The Lord of the Rings: Frodo and his hobbit friends team up with elves, dwarfs, men, and a wizard to bring the evil One Ring to Mount Doom so it can be destroyed. Seems simple enough, right? Well, you should know better, especially considering this entire trilogy runs about 12+ hours long--there's a lot more to it than that.

Therein lies its beauty. Yes, this story is basically about a struggle between good and evil, but it is also about all of the individuals involved. They are all extremely well-developed characters with compelling stories of their own. Middle Earth seems like it is within our grasp while we watch the characters struggle through their quests. We are all right there with them, through each difficult moment. They were all such terribly good actors.

This is the kind of movie that will never leave you. When it is over and the credits begin to scroll up the screen you don't want it to be the end. You don't want to say goodbye to the characters that you have followed for so long and through so much. It's very bittersweet, and the entire trilogy has always been very moving for me. Tolkien (and Peter Jackson's massive team, of course) have created an entirely different (yet plausible) world, and once you experience it, you don't want to let go.

But that's just my opinion. I know maybe it's a little melodramatic, or maybe a little overdone and fanatical...but it's just so awesome! I can't help it!

I know that these epic fantasy movies aren't for everyone; however, if you only allow yourself to see one in your lifetime, it needs to be this one or you will be sorely missing out on the best cinematic experience of your life. It has everything that anyone could ever ask for in a movie: action, suspense, awesome special effects, magic, really bad baddies, realistic characters with flaws, love stories, etc, etc.

I'm not afraid to say that these movies are my favorite movies, hands down, of all time. I'm not a girly-girl, but I still cry every time Pippin sings that damned song.

(on another note, I would also like to say that whenever the soundtracks came out, I very much obsessively listened to them. And not to sleight any other aspect of the movie I may have missed (i.e, costumes)--take my omissions with a grain of salt and just assume that if I didn't mention it, then I most likely loved it along with everything else!) 

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