Can I give it more than just five stars? I love this movie!
It starts in Hobbitown, where Frodo lives with his Uncle Bilbo, who is celebrating his 1st birthday. When Gandalf, who is Dumbledore's brother, comes to Hobbitown, he gives Frodo a ring as a gift.
As it turns out, the ring is really from Gollum, who wants it back now. Frodo, who is selfish, would rather throw it in an active volcano. He leaves Hobbitown with Samuel, Pippin' and Mary, who I think are his brothers.
As they travel, the get chased by some guys on horses who happen to want the ring, too. They go to Bree to squish the gate keeper.
In Bree, Frodo causes a brawl in the pub, and puts the ring on. The eye of Sawron comes, because he wants the ring, too.
When Frodo takes the ring off, a prince named Aragorn takes him into a room to hide from the horse guys.
Soon, Frodo and his brothers befriend Aragorn, who eventually abandons them on a hill with the horse guys before coming back to save them. Frodo gets stabbed by a Mortal Sword, and needs to be taken by Aragorn's old flame, Arwen, who is an elf, to her huge estate in the mountains.
In an epic chase, when Arwen is riding from the horse guys, she gets a cut on her face. I cried.
Arwen's dad calls a secret meeting of all the b-list actors he knows, which is a kind of audition. Nine of them, including a dwarf, an elf, and someone who didn't know Aragorn was a prince and also wants the ring, decide to take Frodo to Mt. Saint Helens, the only place that the ring can be destroyed.
When they try to travel through the snow, an evil witch named Saryoumon, who also wants the ring, calls a giant snowball to fall on their heads. Because of this, the fellowship (which is what they call all these guys) decides to go through the minds of Moria, which was Gimli's (the dwarf) old house.
When they go, they find the house destroyed, and all of Gimli's brothers and sisters have turned into corpses. Suddenly, a whole bunch of goblins and a cave troll, who I think wants the ring, try to kill everyone. But Legolas (the elf), who used to be a pirate, shoots the troll in the mouth, so it dies.
After Gandalf fights the devil, he falls into a big crack on the ground. Everyone is crying and screaming, until they wander into the forest and are captured by elves. These elves are really pretty, and the queen is really a metal monster that can yell at Frodo. But she doesn't want the ring.
When they finally leave, they all get presents, like bows, swords, candles and hair. Then they get attacked by Urik-Hi, who wants the ring, too. In the best battle of the movie, all the bad guys die, and so do one of the good guys.
Finally, Frodo leaves in a boat, trying to escape from the bad guys. One of his brothers, Sam, comes to the boat. He drowns, and then Frodo pulls him into the boat. Together, they sail towards the volcano.
The movie definitely leaves it open for a sequel. I hope they make one! I'll be the first in line to see it.
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