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...LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING It's a fantasy based on a famous series of novels.. a film of eye-popping grandeur and sumptuous production values...and, unlike the recent Harry Potter event, it's a good movie too. In the first of a Tolkien film trilogy, director Peter Jackson lays out the Middle Earth adventure with epic brio. This solid, often stirring version stops just this side of enthrallment. But then, the grand journey has just begun...
...When The Fellowship of the Ring is released on Dec. 19, a new generation will be introduced to the fantastic world author J.R.R. Tolkien created almost half a century ago. The time seems ripe for New Line Cinema’s blockbuster release; the Harry Potter series took the U.S. by storm, and those who loved Harry’s magic will flock to the theaters to see another tale of wizards and sorcerers. And of course, The Lord of the Rings, the work that single-handedly created the genre of fantasy fiction, has a huge cult following...
...When The Fellowship of the Ring was first released, literary critic Edmund Wilson assailed Tolkien for creating polarized characters—characters that were either good or evil, and nothing in between. Sauron and his servants are the utter embodiment of evil, with no goal other than to dominate the world under a pall of darkness. Frodo, Gandalf and Aragorn, the protagonists of the novel, have no wish other than to see Middle Earth live in peace and are willing to sacrifice themselves to attain that goal...
Indeed, one of the most prominent themes throughout the work is that of sacrifice. Even if the Fellowship succeeds in accomplishing its goal—here I will take great pains to avoid revealing the end of the series to those who have not had the fortune to read it already—then much of Middle Earth is destined to fade away forever. Gandalf and Frodo have little to gain from accomplishing their mission, little motivation beyond a compelling sense of duty...
...fellowship, founded in 1966, provides four to five members in each of Harvard’s graduating classes funding for a year of work or study in another country...