哈工大英文魔幻影视赏析作业——指环王

The Lord of the Rings--A Film of the Decade This is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. It has everything! The battle scenes are wonderful especially, and since the first hour is drama, the action really gets to you and you feel like you're really there. You care about the characters more than anything in this film, so it's scary watching a battle scene for the first time because it's extremely unpredictable and you don't want your characters to die (a few of them do). However, the battle scenes are also very well done with a great mix of live-action and CGI. Although this is a PG-13 film, Jackson really went over the limit with his battles; there is blood, gore, limbs cut off, people on horses being crushed and kicked through the air by giant elephants called Mumakil; you see orcs shoot a million arrows at an oncoming rohan army, and when they hit the horses, they flop to the ground and the riders hit it hard and are thrown; you see armies crushing other armies in waves (literally!); you see rocks from catapults hit and crush people in the wonderfully-made city, immense destruction, trolls whacking people and crushing them with their clubs, and so on. There is a lot of violence i haven't gotten to describe! That explains the sheer immensity of this film! And remember those gargoyles from the second film they call Nazgul Well, let's just say Gondorian soldiers taste good and are fun to pick up and drop from 1,000 feet in the air! However, violence and gigantic battles is not only what makes this film great. What makes it great are the characters, who you love so much, the music, which is some of the best I ever heard, and most of all the visuals. They are very amazing and beautiful. Even Minas Morgul, the dark city of Mordor, is an eye-catcher.

The scenery of New Zealand-which is where this work of art was filmed-is just wonderful.

The special effects are also some of the best I've ever seen. The oliphaunts (nickname for the Mumakil, the giant elephants) are CGI, but not obviously. They are some of the most real-looking fake images I've ever witnessed! The soldiers which get crushed, thrown, the horses that are thrown, they all look real too, which is what makes the battle scenes frightening! They look so real! The best special effect in the film, however, is Gollum. He is also the best acted-character in the film, and the best acted CGI character ever! He practically is real, from his emotions, to his body, to the hairs on his head! His voice is also memorable (I am trying to perfect doing it myself!). He is a sight to see.

The script is amazing, the story is amazing, everything is amazing! This is one of my highest-recommended films. Thank you Tolkien for creating this wonderful story. Thank you Peter Jackson for interpreting this wonderful story to film. And thank you all for making this possible.