Rise of the Fellowship

The script for this movie set me on edge. It reinforced every superficial stereotype about gamers, its characters were extremely shallow, both the heroes and villains, and it used obvious, cheap gimmicks to push the audience's buttons. The bullies were cartoonish stereotypes, the good guys were cartoonish nerds. The notion that the very attractive girl nerd would associate with them was laughable. The acting was also poor, I didn't believe any of the characters at all and had to stop watching because I was cringing too much at it.

This movie was literally disgusting to watch, not because of what occurred to the characters but for the way the movie creators tried to manipulate the audience. It is a totally paint by numbers effort. Do not bother. Watch The Guild on Youtube instead.

If you honestly like this movie, I honestly feel sorry for you.

THIS MOVIE IS HOT GARBAGE!!!!!

AND NOT A MOVIE FOR GAMERS!!!!

Like seriously how do you think this is the best gamer movie when Scott pilgrim is right there. I hate this movie for anything related to lotr, and they are my fav movie trilogy.

Here's why I don't like the movie ----------------------------

Section 1: THE STORY

The story is clunky and confusing. Like each of the characters go on trip after trip. I hate it so much! And I hope Ron Newcomb can go somewhere and think about what he has done

Section 2: THE CHARACTERS

The characters are the worst, side, and main each character has the worst flaws imaginable. Like squirrelly has an idea to steal the car and then the idea goes wrong and everyone says it was fun makes it the worst things you can do imaginable and, and the villains. Hoho don't get me started. The villains (Who Are The Jocks and Game Store Owner BTW!!!!!) and Pete says nerds ruin the place Even tho he runs a shop for nerds!!!!! God the characters are awful and the actors aren't true gamers so if you wanna make a gamer movie. HAVE TRUE GAMERS AS ACTORS RON!!!!!!!!!!

Section 3: THOSE REFERENCES!!!!!!

The references are all over the place they are everywhere including the god dang script has lines referenced to lotr. I hate it every reference is in your face and say we are a lotr tribute film, even while calling Peter Jackson A Master! God those references need to stop cause they are not apart of the story. Phase 4 Films, and Ron Newcomb and kiss the money goodbye, cause I watched it on Tubi.

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Anyways I don't recommend to people who are gamers,

and lotr fans (like myself) and watch lotr instead cause I will soon after this

0/10 An Abomination That Will Have To Be Murdered!!!

Online games don't interest me, so I didn't expect to like Rise of the Fellowship. What a pleasant surprise! It's well acted and well written. As a Tolkien fan, I enjoyed the LOTR references, but there are other pleasures. Your kids will enjoy it, too.

Each of the lead actors does a very good job, especially Justin Moe, Jayme Bell, and Cole Matson. Wolf Sherrill's performance as Baba Melvin is a delight.

The sly humor of the script drew me in. These Tolkien fans don't take themselves too seriously in this affectionate play on the LOTR films. It's well paced and has charm. The resolution is neat and satisfying.

Disclosure: I only watched this because a friend is married to one of the writers. But as I watched, I moved from curiosity to pride. Who cares about 4 teen gamers? You will when you watch this well told tale.

This film is unexpected fun for Fellowship of the Ring fans. Four geek FOTR gaming friends team up to overcome adversity and try to win a national gaming championship far from home. The obstacles they encounter along the path mirror the adventures of four little hobbits from Tolkein's classic series. If you are well-versed in the Tolkein classics, you ought to enjoy this tribute film, all in good fun, which references many scenes from the novels that were not included in the recent films. My husband noticed many touches I missed, as he was more knowledgeable about the original, and my memory of my childhood reads was more faded. As it was released originally between the national big screen productions of LOTR and The Hobbit, knowledge of the novels is helpful in appreciating this piece in context, but for most, those movies could be seen first, then this enjoyed as a light relief from their intensity (!).

What I love about this movie: humor; does not take itself too seriously; great allusions & bows to the original; ingenuity & originality; lighting was well done; action shots are believable. The costuming fairly simple-- appropriately.

The Fellows Hip reminded me of the great teen flicks of the 80s--like Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink--with some reminiscent boy/girl romance elements, plus the ultra-geeks-meet-&-compete-with-jocks theme. Lots of memorable lines & strong over-the-top characters. Plus, it's pretty clean, with only a minor drug issue (pot) playing a role in the drama/conflict of the storyline, making this acceptable for a preteen audience. So, it's soft on adult humor/adult topic, and I enjoyed the refreshing nature of that as well.

What rubbed me the wrong way: one miscast fellow. I felt his poor acting frequently detracted from the rest of what I found to be a thoroughly enjoyable film. He kept getting under my skin--kind of hard to overlook, unfortunately.

All in all, this is totally worth a light-hearted weekend viewing for Tolkein fan families. I hope you laugh out loud as much as we did! Now our kids & we enjoy quoting parts of it to each other around the house- -it's that kind of film.

I really expected more out of this film than what it is. I was hoping the characters were full on geeks and dressed as The Fellowship. I wanted the group to act more like The Fellowship and quote more from the book/film. Disappointed.

2/10.