... to come. I feel The Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien is one of those classic timeless masterpieces of modern literature. Although the story is fictional the themes and morales of the book can be applied in today's time and in the future. The Fellowship of the Ring is part of a series of three Lord of The Ring books and is a work of popular fiction. Recently movies have been made depicting the Lord of the Rings story which has created a lot of popularity of the original Tolkien books ... . Everything from shirts to video games have been created based on this work of ... ...

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The Lord of the Rings. The lord of the rings is one of the greatest movie's ever made. It takes you on a epic journey through time, that definitely keep's you involved. The start of the movie sets up the rest of the story and is a brilliant way to get people thinking. The movie begins with an action packed first scene in a war against the dark lord Sauron. But then makes it way up to 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 ... ...

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... to escape the oppression from the Egyptians and the Pharaoh. As the Israelites and Moses crossed they Lord said, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot drivers." Exodus 14:26 The waters covered the chariots and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, and not one person survived. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is ... an example that not all movies of today's society is just for the amusement of the audience and have ... ...

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... correct itself. The recent success of fantasy films has led to movie producers being a little more risk-taking in regard to fantasy. Summer 2001 has more fantasy movies than I've seen in years. Shrek, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and Planet of the Apes are all major motion pictures produced with very high budgets. And of course, we are all eagerly anticipating The Lord of the Rings Trilogy coming out ... this January, which, based on the articles I've read about it, promises to be an excellent quality film. This should give ... all of us at least a twinge of hope. In regard to fa...

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... effect or C.G.I. (computer generated image(s)) in almost every movie. This is today's most common special effects method especially with movies like "The Matrix" and "The Lord of the Rings" where the objective of the special effects is to bend and redefine what is possible in these new worlds. Where did it all start though? What did cinematographers and directors do before we had computers ... to alter images and create effects? Since there are hundreds of different kinds of special effects used in movies, which tend to be mostly different kinds of camera shots, I will ... that is seen...

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... a significant influence of the economics of filmmaking, beginning with the very first phase of production. The major unions in Hollywood include the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild or America, the Producers Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild of America, and the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees to name a few. Relationships between the Unions and the Studios over the past have proven to be very hostile. As a result of the bans and strikes the members of the unions pose ... actors and high production costs will only cause problems onto the studi...

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... style started to slightly change in the following years. Action thrillers dominated the nineties. People such as John Travolta, Keanu Reeves, and Nicholas Cage were popular actors of the nineties and still are now. Hollywood is still geared toward satisfying the youth and does so by producing films such as Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix, The X-Men, and Chicago. These films have a mixture of action, suspense, thrill, comedy, and ... romance in them. Movies produced in the years to come are still to be determined. However, there ... ...

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... going to point out the pros and cons of why we need or don't need advertising. First off, though it seems like a small, annoying interference at the beginning of a movie to have advertising, over 60% of an average cinema's income is through those ads!!! Wow. Even compared to big movie intakes like lord of the rings, that's a lot. That doesn't mean that the audience gets any of that money though. All ... it means is that the audience gets blasted with products they have a 21% chance ... of actually buying and it stalls them from watching the movie they paid for. But enough on that matte...

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... , but unless violence was added to the movies, who would want to go watch the movie? Popular movies such as Matrix and Lord of the Rings have violent parts about every five minutes. Violence is a must in my opinion. Think about all the movies you have watched over the years; how many movies did not have any of violence? Violence is apart of most movies because it brings excitement and ... conflict. A comedy, drama, or a children's movie might be the only way to watch a movie without ... violence appears only in movies. Almost everywhere in our society today violence is most actively dis...

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