In a dire a great battle humans, elves and dwarfs aligned and Sauron was defeated when his ring was cut of his hand as it holds a lot of his power (or essence / soul energy?). Story set up: Thousands of years ago the dark Lord Sauron forged his “One Ring” to increase his powers tremendously and for getting control of the other Rings of power. Also Boromir’s struggles are far better laid out and comes less surprising as in the book. For example Arwen has practically no role / room in the book “The Fellowship of the Ring” and it is only indirectly (and also very shortly) mentioned that Aragon and Arven are a thing. The adaptation makes also some improvements that I will admit. Other things were changed too but it total I would say it is a loyal adaptation as the jump to a different medium has its price and not everything could fit in. For example nearly every reade of the book including me would like to see Tom Bombadil as he is a fun character, a mystery and probably one of the most powerful beings in Middle-Earth (many say he would be the last being to fall to Sauron).
That does not mean on the other hand that I wanted not more content from the books. Just as example there is a long chapter about Hobbits at the beginning even including pipe-weed and it takes far longer until Frodo even starts his journey. Tolkien takes a lot of hearth and soul into explaining and describing things. To clarify this: Not everything from a book can be adapted to a different medium and even with 3 long movies they have to make sacrifices. It is a challenge to adapt these to the screen and I would have a hard time to do it.
The books are full to the brim with stories, characters, lore and world building. To clarify this: Not Finally I have read the Lord of the Rings and surprisingly I value the movies even higher now. So just how bad is it? I’ve explored the continuity errors, plot holes and technical slips to bring you 30 of the biggest mistakes in The Fellowship Of The Ring that we all overlook.Finally I have read the Lord of the Rings and surprisingly I value the movies even higher now. There are also some big plot holes in the story that many of us gloss over.
From shots which expose the camera trickery and special effects to some major mistakes in the placing of props, the movie is not immune to error. All three movies were filmed back to back and out of sequence and this has led to many technical and continuity errors. With such a prestigious history you may think The Fellowship Of The Ring is above mistakes. It was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won 4 of them alongside a string of other awards including a BAFTA for Best Film. The Fellowship of the Ring was the first movie in the trilogy. This is reflected in the box office takings of $2.91 billion across the three movies. The Fellowship Of The Ring came first in 2001, followed by The Two Towers in 2002 and finally The Return Of The King in 2003.Īll three movies were highly rated on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes as well as by cinema-goers. It was brought to the big screen by Peter Jackson back in the early 2000s. There is no doubt that The Lord Of The Rings is an epic trilogy which translates well to film.