Jackson presents Boromir’s personality with apparent ease and preciseness. As any great film can testify, introducing characters through actions is one of the pillars of fine storytelling. Whilst their greeting is courteous, one cannot help feel the tension between the two: even before knowing that the fate of a kingdom lies between them.

Shifting back to a night scene, Rivendell basks in a lush of silver and blue light as Boromir and Aragorn meet for the first time. The good side has yet the ability to resist evil. Although we know how terrible and difficult the quest to destroy the Ring will be, we cannot help but feel hopeful at the arrival of these most distinguished individuals in Middle-earth. The score rises in majesty to greet the arrival of the, as yet unformed, Fellowship: Boromir galloping proudly on his horse, Legolas leaping off lighty from his steed, and the staunch grimness of Gloin. The camera angle on the face is the same, but the lighting changes dramatically to highlight the two starkly contrasted moments. Elrond’s pained face as he cries back at his doomed companion, contrasts beautifully with the mellow, sad face in the next shot: as we’ve just traversed 3,000 years in a single cut. Isildur’s failure to destroy the Ring heightens the tension and raises the stakes of the quest. We are given an expanded view of the sequence and the true outcomes of that victory. The dialogue is heavy with nostalgia, and accompanied by Shore’s theme is an assured golden moment in The Fellowship of the Ring.īut the warm, inviting atmosphere of Rivendell soon turns dark and sets us once again onto the more pressing matters and the central quest of the film: the Ring.Īs Elrond and Gandalf debate what needs to be done with this terrible burden, we are presented with a flashback of the prologue, as the Elf lord remembers the day Sauron was defeated. The scene between Frodo and Bilbo is touching and reminiscent of the opening Hobbiton scenes just witnessed a few minutes earlier. Just by the aesthetic qualities of the bright visuals, one can immediately recognize the stark contrasts between the sequences.īeing in a place of safety and comfort, it is natural that the colour palette of the overall imageey will have very gentle and soft, warm tones: accompanied by vivid lighting that surrounds our characters. There are few magical places in fantasy films that can elicit such strong emotions in a viewer: making you believe that such detail and rich history behind this location has to be real. In the meantime, you’ve got much reading to do in this second part.Īfter having gone through such dark moments and being scared to death thanks to shrieking Ringwraiths, we emerge in the blissful setting of Rivendell. Mind you, this is only Part 2 of 3 of The Fellowship of the Ring, which I’m hoping won’t take as long to write. Almost two years later, here follows the continuation of the massive The Lord of the Rings review.

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