the audience applauded

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

This is a wonderful fan-made film that really surprised me. A friend recommended me to view this one - glad I did. Well acted, beautiful costumes and set designs, good directing and the CGI Gollum was impressive. The script is a little bland, needs a little bit more spice, but the action makes up for it. Overall it's worth watching if you enjoy Tolkien and fan inspired film-works.8/10

OK first off the actor for aragorn wasn't enigmatic enough for me, he wasn't the best choice for the part. he didn't have the same charisma as viggo mortensen (which is expected to be honest) but the actor chosen just wasn't powerful enough. he didn't command the movie like we come to expect from aragorn. there was surely someone else they could of used. secondly, the story was clever with the time it was set, just before frodo sets out on his journey but the ending was weak. i don't think they did the ending right at all. it was a bit silly how the witch king just disappears and the elves are everywhere. and finally, the fighting scene was so bad-ass. when the guys came out with the spear and aragorn got both of them it was brilliant. the fight with the boss orc too, very good fight. on par with the lord of the rings for fighting choreography in my opinion.

I was immediately surprised by the quality of the production in this film. The detail in the finished production on such a miniscule budget is fantastic and an inspiration to amateur film makers out there. The sets and location choices are extremely well selected, and the top notch costumes does this film a lot of favours. The 3D digital visualisations were on the whole well composed and complimented the scenes well. I found there to be a good balance between digital and on-site shots as its easy to make the digital aspect too adventurous or severely underwhelming.The acting on the whole was largely very good despite the obvious comparisons that are going to be made against the trilogy's actors. Strider's portrayal was strong, and reflected the quieter, withdrawn Aragorn from The Fellowship of the Ring almost perfectly (I just wish he didn't have Elijah/Frodos eyes).The choreography of the fight scenes was one thing that really made me smile in this film. At the build up to the fights I thought this may be an area that would let the film down but I couldn't have been any more wrong. I truly felt the choreography was up there with that of Peter Jackson's productions and the acting of some of the orcs may even surpass some of those in the trilogy.One area i do feel that did let the film down was the plot. Having been so strong in every other aspect of the film, the film did not really take off. I had expected some sort of twist or glimpse of originality in the story but none came which was a shame as the quality of the film continuously raised my expectations with the passing of scenes but was very predictable throughout. Had as much thought gone into the plot as the rest of the film this would be a definite 10/10. I would however recommend watching this film for its production quality and shows that low budget films can be produced to outstanding levels with sufficient thought and care.Tolkien would be proud.

I believe in America the meaning of the English phrase 'pound for pound' translates. It basically means how good something is for how much it is, the term was coined for boxers, whom may have not been the biggest, may have been 'pound for pound' better than their adversaries. I think this is what you have here. The two main criticisms for this film is the Directing style, and lack of plot. In response to this, there are two points: firstly it is my belief that the film was intended to be in the time of the lord of the rings, and was made to show a chunk of the books that was left out. This chunk out of the many left out was more than likely chosen as it was cheap to do, and fairly simple. One cannot argue that there is no plot, because frankly, the plot is in the films as a whole, this is a very very small section of them, and you cannot judge it in isolation.Secondly, the directing style? This is obvious, It was shot the same way to avoid people attempting to choose which method is better, and because frankly, the Lord of the Rings did not have a huge budget itself for the size of the operation and Peter Jackson has some shiny Golden Figurines in his Cabinet to the contrary of what some peoples opinions are.I think this is a very very good film for what it is, its made considerably better than most television shows, the acting is good, the feel is very Lord of the Rings, and I think Tolkien himself would be proud the way that amateurs are giving life to his work very accurate to his writings.And for the less learned, the film had a budget of £3000, which is just under $5000.