2001 – 2002 – 2003 |  PG-13 | Amazon/Netflix | Director:  Peter Jackson

Starring:  Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchet, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, and many, many more!

Runtime:  2 hrs 58 mins / 2 hrs 59 mins / 3 hrs 20 mins

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Have you seen The Lord of the Rings?   The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.  If you haven’t, you have no idea what you are missing.

For the last three weekends we watched the entire thing, again.  It IS a serious time commitment – almost 9 and half hours worth – but it is infinitely worth it.

What can I tell you about these films that would make you want to watch them without giving anything away?

1.  The score.  Seriously.  It is stupendous.  Right off the top of my head I can’t think of one to rival it.  Even if for some insane reason you don’t want to watch the trilogy, you must listen to the score!

2.  The cast is outstanding.  Can I pick a favorite?  Would it be Elijah Wood?  Ian McKellen?  Sean Astin?  Or Andy Serkis??   On and on and on.   I really don’t think that I can.  They are all so, so, so good.

3.  The filming is so phenomenal, you’ll want to go live in Middle-earth just like me, or New Zealand if you want to be technical about it.  There is some serious, serious beauty in that place on our planet earth.

Note:  For all of the J. R. R. Tolkien fans, yes the movies deviate from the books.  Is any movie ever as good as the book?  That would be a resounding NO in my opinion.  But, but!  You have to take them each for what they are.  And these movies are very much worth the time you will spend with them.  Then you can go read the books!

Now, clear your schedule, and get ready for an incredible and marvelous adventure.  You can rent them here, or buy them for your collection here!  Just go watch them.  You can thank me later.