At startup, each disc goes directly to the standard menu screen with full-motion clips and the usual selection of options along the bottom while the iconic music plays in the background. They are housed in a thicker than normal black keepcase with a side-sliding slipcover.
All nine UHD100 discs, three of which contain the theatrical cuts of each film while the extended editions are spread across a pair of UHDs, sit comfortably on either side of four center spindles. When redeeming said code via wb.com/redeemmovie or MoviesAnywhere, users are granted access to the 4K digital version in Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio. Home Video brings The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy to Ultra HD as a nine-disc package with a Digital Copy code. Nearly twenty years later, The Fellowship of the Ring arrives on 4K Ultra HD, once more, just in time with its fantastical escapism and a moment of respite from the real world.įor a more in-depth take on the film, check out our review of the 2012 Blu-ray edition. Looking back and reminiscing on that time, part of the film's greatness is perhaps also its timing, premiering just a few months after the World Trade Center attacks, whisking audiences away to a fantasy world and providing the perfect escapism when it was needed most. The awesome action sequences and the central theme of good vs evil were further brought to life by the incredibly memorable performances of the entire cast. To my amazement, Jackson not only surprised me with a fairly faithful interpretation of the first volume in the adventure saga to save Middle-earth, but he also exceeded those expectations with impressive camerawork that beautifully transformed the New Zealand landscape into a fantastical world and felt almost as though I were reading the books all over again.
The point being, when The Fellowship finally released during the 2001 holiday season, my level of confidence for Jackson's live-action adaptation was not initially high, and I remember walking into the theater with mild, ready-to-forgive expectations. At best, his bio-drama Heavenly Creatures with Kate Winslet earned him some repute in the U.S., but even this award-winning film mostly made the rounds within the arthouse and cinephile circles. After all, at the time when the film premiered, the New Zealand filmmaker was only known for his splatter comedies and The Frighteners with Michael J. Tolkien's fantasy books and of Peter Jackson's earlier films, I was just as keenly enthusiastic about seeing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring brought to life on the silver screen as I was apprehensive Jackson could potentially muck up the whole thing.
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