directed by: Peter Jackson
written by: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson + J. R. R. Tolkien (book)
starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Billy Boyd
seen: 19th December, 2001 (approximation) - comment: 21st April, 2017
I was ten years old when "Fellowship" premiered and my parents had been reading me "LOTR" books as bed time stories since I was five or six. It's save to say I was pretty excited to see all my favourite characters come to life and endure the ultimate world-saving, self-discovering adventure. It's also possible (probable; certain) that watching this exact film over and over and over again is what developed my everlasting passion for cinema.
I learned to admire the whole thing without applying much of a critical thought to it. And that still stands, my love for this film is eternal. But knowing the whole trajectory of Peter Jackson's directing career, I am now begining to think that he personally has very little cinematic style (of artistic merit). "Fellowship" is great because of the impeccable source material provided by Tolkien and because Jackson got thousands of people to sit down and make the movie by hand (and heart). But the camera is moving like crazy and many of those tilts and pans and zooms feel sort of superficial. And the picture isn't always as photogenic as one could assume since it's filled with elves and magic.
That's me reluctantly criticizing the film's form. But the fictional world it's offering is perfect. ♥♥♥
