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An Actor's Review of THE LORD OF THE RINGS!
by A.J. (movies profile)
Jun 9, 2008
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It is now official. New Line Cinema took the absolute best gamble in the history of film when they chose to take on The Lord of the Rings project.
I saw the film at a 12:05 showing last night, and I am still blown away by what I saw. Let's take the film piece by piece here:
Elijah Wood: A fantastic, actually better than I thought it would be performance. The looks in his eyes when he thinks that hope is all lost makes you feel his pain.
Sean Astin: The absolute, no doubt about it, best performance in the film. Sean definately deserves a Best Supporting Actor nomination, at the least. He was simply remarkable.
Viggo Mortensen: Not as flashy a part as I thought it would be, but still another strong performance by Viggo nonetheless. Great job.
Ian McKellen: What can I say? The man is one of the greatest actors working today! Another fantastic performance, right behind Astin, in my opinion.
Other notable performances:
Miranda Otto as Eowyn. The strongest female character, with perhaps one of the strongest scenes in the movie "I am no man."
Bernard Hill as Theoden. He has never really gotten the credit he deserves for playing this very difficult part. Wonderfully done.
Orlando Bloom and John-Rhys Davies. Neither of them are in this film as much as they are in the first two, but they take great advantage of what time they do have on screen.
John Noble as Denethor completely shakes your heart, and makes you wonder what this crazy man is gonna do next. Completely convincing, well done.
I think that's enough acting. Let's just say that, basically, I don't believe there to be ONE bad performance in the entire ensemble of characters.
Directing. Peter Jackson has absolutely done it. Considering that we're talking about a man who's biggest film to date was "The Frighteners", I have never been more impressed by a director's love, care, and devotion to a story. If Peter Jackson does not win the Academy Award for Director, they should just retire the award. He deserves every single award and accolade he receives. And I honestly hope that he DOES decide to do The Hobbit after King Kong. No one else would be able to do it better.
The screenplay was very well done. Don't forget, even if you're only considering the ONE final book, that's still over 300 pages to adapt into a 3-hour movie (ok, a little longer). Yes, there were scenes from the book that we all would've like to see, but THAT'S WHAT EXTENDED VERSION DVD'S ARE FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So everyone please stop complaining about it!!
All in all, this is one of the most fantastic films ever made. The trilogy will forever be known as the BEST TRILOGY in the history of film, in the opinions and thoughts of millions around the world. Well done Peter Jackson, the cast, crew, producers, and everyone who gave their all to make this, and all three films. Bravo!!!! Sad to see that it's over.
Predicted Academy Award Nominations: 13
Best Picture
Best Director (Peter Jackson)
Best Supporting Actor (Sean Astin)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design (possible, but we'll see)
Best Sound
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Makeup (unless they stupidly take them out again)
Best Original Song "Into the West" |
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