Why The Fellowship Of The Ring Is The Best Lord Of The Rings Film

7. It Sets Up The Whole Trilogy Beautifully

J. R. R. Tolkien was obsessed with language and European mythology and over the course of his life would make numerous revisions to the history of his Middle Earth. This attention to detail meant that the film makers needed to give the audience a huge amount of historical back story in the opening of The Fellowship of the Ring.

Jackson carries this off masterfully, opening the film with a brooding, dramatic history lesson, with Cate Blanchett's Elven queen Galadriel filling us in on the history of the 'one ring'.

Dynamic, economic and featuring our first introduction to Howard Shore's breathtaking score, it is the perfect beginning to the series and the best opening of the trilogy.