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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
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First scene in my countdown to the Fellowship of the Ring 20th anniversary is the now iconic prologue! Not only is it visually impressive and grandiously epic, I find that it is also very effective at conveying a lot of information in a relatively short time. Looking back I don't recall ever feeling lost or confused when watching the film for the first time. I was sucked right into the story from the very beginning. The prologue sets Middle-earth and its main peoples, Sauron and the Ring, and all the necessary backstory in altogether very easy to digest terms. At least it was so to me.
I think also the colossal struggles of good and evil, with clashes of enormous armies and duels of mighty kings against the powerful Dark Lord provide a nice contrast to the subsequent tranquil, mundane scenes of the Shire. As the story transitions to the hobbits and their little homes and simple lives, you are left nontheless with a sense of a larger world, with big forces at play.
As an ending note, Sauron made such a big impression on me as a kid, despite his very short actual, physical apperance on the film. A towering, armored sorcerer/warrior thingy, kingly yet terrifying. My kind of villain indeed 😈

Description
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
.
First scene in my countdown to the Fellowship of the Ring 20th anniversary is the now iconic prologue! Not only is it visually impressive and grandiously epic, I find that it is also very effective at conveying a lot of information in a relatively short time. Looking back I don't recall ever feeling lost or confused when watching the film for the first time. I was sucked right into the story from the very beginning. The prologue sets Middle-earth and its main peoples, Sauron and the Ring, and all the necessary backstory in altogether very easy to digest terms. At least it was so to me.
I think also the colossal struggles of good and evil, with clashes of enormous armies and duels of mighty kings against the powerful Dark Lord provide a nice contrast to the subsequent tranquil, mundane scenes of the Shire. As the story transitions to the hobbits and their little homes and simple lives, you are left nontheless with a sense of a larger world, with big forces at play.
As an ending note, Sauron made such a big impression on me as a kid, despite his very short actual, physical apperance on the film. A towering, armored sorcerer/warrior thingy, kingly yet terrifying. My kind of villain indeed 😈