The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

PG-13| 2 hr. 58 min.

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The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. But fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who inherits the Ring and steps into legend. A daunting task lies ahead for Frodo when he becomes the Ringbearer - to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged.

Cast: Elijah Wood , Ian McKellen , Liv Tyler , Viggo Mortensen , Sean Astin , Cate Blanchett , John Rhys-Davies , Billy Boyd

Director: Peter Jackson

Genres: Fantasy, Adventure

Distributor: Argentina Video Home, FS Film Oy, Warner Bros., New Line Cinema

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Release Date: December 19th, 2001|2 hr. 58 min.

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13. Dr. Manhattan ('Watchmen')
OK, only the head and the voice belonged to Billy Crudup; the rest of the blue hero's physique belonged to a professional bodybuilder. Still, Crudup provided the movements for the nuclear-powered mutant who tried in vain to seem like one of the gang.
12. Smaug ('The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug')
Benedict Cumberbatch provided not only the dragon's scary voice but also his movements -- no small feat for an actor lacking wings and a tail.
11. Captain Haddock ('The Adventures of Tintin')
Playing a variation on the old salt he played as a live-action character in "King Kong," Andy Serkis creates a memorable drunken sailor who gives the film some much-needed comic relief.
10. Grendel ('Beowulf')
In Robert Zemeckis's second all-motion-capture movie, leave it to the often weird Crispin Glover to make a sympathetic monster out of Grendel, a misshapen mama's-boy who looks like the "Eraserhead" baby grown into a skeletal adult.
9. Davy Jones ('Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End')
That's Bill Nighy as the frightening, embittered, undead pirate captain; those squid tentacles emanating from his face were added later by a computer.
8. Hulk ('The Avengers')
Mark Ruffalo is the first Hulk portrayer to play both Bruce Banner and his green, raging alter ego, and it makes a difference. His is a Hulk you can cheer for, since you can recognize the tormented scientist inside.
7. Scrooge ('Disney's A Christmas Carol')
In the best of Robert Zemeckis's motion-capture movies, Jim Carrey makes an impeccable Ebeneezer. There's no trace of Carrey-ness in his voice, his face, or his movements; its as completely immersed in a character as Carrey's ever been.
6. Neytiri ('Avatar')
Zoe Saldana had to make you believe Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) would not only fall in love with a tall blue feline woman from another species, but that she was so worthy that he'd leave his own species to become a Na'vi. Mission accomplished.
5. King Kong ('King Kong')
Andy Serkis teamed up with "Lord of the Rings"-master Peter Jackson again to play one half of cinema's most famous ill-matched couple. Besides convincingly making a monkey out of himself, Serkis gave Kong enough soul to make it clear why his tiny human captive, Ann (Naomi Watts), would come to care for him so deeply.
4. Ted ('Ted')
In the best-ever comic performance by a motion-capture character, Seth MacFarlane provided both the wisecracking voice and the movements of the foul-mouthed, pot-smoking teddy bear.
3. Dobby ('Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I')
Toby Jones gave the house elf both mischief and pathos. As annoying as he is in his first movie, he's so moving by the time he breathes his last that you'll be sobbing over his computer-generated remains. Now, that's acting.
2. Caesar ('Rise of the Planet of the Apes')
Andy Serkis gives the rebellious chimp not only fierce intelligence, but also wounded dignity, sympathy, and charisma, all without uttering an intelligible word.

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Peter Travers Rolling Stone

Fellowship is the real deal, a movie epic that pops your eyes out, piles on thrills and fun, and yet stays intimately attuned to character. show more
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Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle

Gets it right. It's a wonderful movie. Watching it, one can't help but get the impression that everyone involved was steeped in Tolkien's work, loved the book, treasured it and took care not to break a cherished thing in it. show more
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Claudia Puig USA Today

Rings has moments of edge-of-the-seat excitement, too, such as when the dark riders come looking for Frodo. But it's occasionally tedious when it should be captivating. show more

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