![]() Many of the film’s effects surpass those of even today’s standards. However, overall, The Fellowship of the Ring holds up remarkably well. Those issues are mostly just moments where the digital compositing is noticeable. Of course, there are a couple of small instances where it’s clear that the film wasn’t made with 2023 technology. That’s not to say that there aren’t any moments in The Fellowship of the Ring that show their age. It’s the perfect kind of adaptation that adjusts the story just enough to be most effective on-screen, while still staying true to what made the tale work to begin with. There were certainly changes made to the material, but the overall experience and story of The Fellowship of the Ring remain almost entirely untouched. While some may be significant, what Jackson, Boyens and Walsh did so brilliantly with the film, was maintaining the core story and not altering the spirit of Tolkien’s work. These are only a few of the numerous book-to-screen changes that are seen in The Fellowship of the Ring. The depiction of Sauron differed in the film as well, as the choice to show the series' villain as a giant flaming eye atop Barad-dûr was made specifically for the films. There was also the Elven hero Glorfindel, whose part in the original story was instead fulfilled by Arwen Undómiel in the film. ![]() The most notorious of which is the jolly fellow Tom Bombadil, who saves Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry from trouble in the Old Forest as they leave The Shire. On top of the time compression of the film, Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring also omits several notable characters from the story. From there, Frodo and Samwise almost immediately pick up and leave the Shire to make for the village of Bree, while, in the novel, there were months of planning and prep that went into the departure of the hobbits. While the film seems to imply that Gandalf wasn’t gone for all that long (a few months, maybe a year at most), in the original story, 17 years pass between the Wizard’s departure and his return to confirm that Bilbo’s ring was the One Ring. The biggest instance of this comes after Bilbo’s birthday party in the opening act, when Frodo receives the Ring and Gandalf frantically leaves to do his own research. Much of the timeline of the story was condensed in order to make the events flow together more seamlessly. When adapting The Fellowship of the Ring to screen, there were changes that needed to be made. ![]()
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