I love movies, always have, always will. I love good movies even more! So, I decided it was time to make sure I've seen what's commonly accepted as the 100 greatest, as decided by the AFI. Some of the movies on the list I've seen a million times, some I've seen maybe once when I was little. With the help of my streaming subscription to Netflix, and getting my little red envelopes in the mail too, I will definitely conquer this list - and I can't wait! Please feel free to watch along or add comments about your movies as I watch them! Get the popcorn and milkduds ready!

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

#50 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean

You know you've all seen this movie... don't lie.  I've seen it more than 10 times probably! But I hadn't seen it in a while, and it is number 50, which means I'm halfway through my list!! Very exciting. Back to the movie... we follow the first part of the journey to return the one ring to Mordor.  It's exciting, lays the groundwork for future films, and is definitely an epic tale.  Even though I don't really like Elijah Wood, I can overlook it or this movie, it's great... Except now every time I watch this one, I think about the Family Guy episode where Chris points out the hole in the story about why the giant eagle that saves Gandalf in this movie doesn't just take Frodo to Mordor... classic.

 Trivia:  Eight of the nine members of the Fellowship got a small tattoo of the word "nine" spelled out in Tengwar, which is the Elvish script created by Tolkien. They got it at a tattoo parlor in Wellington, New Zealand, to commemorate the experience of the movie. The ninth member, John Rhys-Davies, declined and sent his stunt double in his place.

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