... Pippin and Merry and they enter the banquet-hall of Elrond. The ageless elf is seated at the head of the table with Gandalf and Glorfindel at either side. Near the center of the table sits a beautiful female elf named Arwen, the daughter of Elrond. She is the loveliest creature Frodo has ever seen. The dwarf, Gloin, is sitting next to Frodo. He asks the hobbit why he has come to ... and then have a council to decide what to do next. The burden of the decision falls on Frodo, the bearer of the ring. He asks the group for an hour longer to make his decision. Sam thinks that it is an easy ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... have awakened and are marching towards Nan Curunir, the valley of Saruman. The White Rider The story now returns to the three travelers hunting for their lost companions. They find a leaf from Lorien and crumbs of food in the grass, as well as pieces of cut cord. They also find an Orc knife. They follow the Hobbit prints up to Treebeard's rock wall and when they climb ... up to the top they once more see the old man who had appeared earlier. The old man comes to them and reveals himself to be Gandalf. He tells them that the old man they had seen earlier was not him but Saruman ... is d...

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... a peaceful village, land of the shire. This is where you meet the characters that become very familiar to you by the time the movie finishes. While in the shire the great wizard Gandalf discovers that one of his old friends, Bilbo, has become greedy in his keeping of the almighty ring. Gandalf explains the problem that has occurred with the ring to Frodo, a young hobbit. He then asks him to ... keep it safe and sets him on an adventure that is hideously dangerous and risky. The reason, to destroy the ring. Knowing that he will be in grave danger all the way through the journey, Frodo te...

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... returns to the Shire and finds that his community is being run by "the Chief" who has half of the hobbits under arrest. They revolt against the Chief and win back the Shire. Saruman had actually been behind the destruction of the Shire but is defeated. His throat is slit by his servant Wormtongue who flees only to be cut down by hobbit's arrows. The restoration of the Shire begins ... . • On the anniversary of Frodo's birthday he ... leaves the Shire, leaving into Sam's hands the history which Bilbo began and which Frodo has brought up to date. Sam and Frodo meet with Elrond, Galadrie...

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... only be achieved through the great abilities of both the actors and the director. The acting in this film is superb. The actors truly bring the characters to life. They had an excellent story line to work with and did an excellent job in rein-acting the lines that Tolkien wrote for them. The performance of Frodo by Elijah Wood is extremely impressive. He depicts the hobbit to an incredible ... degree. Elijah makes you feel the power of the ring. When the Ring Wraiths are searching for it, Frodo cannot keep from holding it. It takes ... the courage of Sam to break the hold of the ring o...

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• Grade Level: High School