How Long Are The Lord Of The Rings Movies (And Why)?

Exact Answer: 588 minutes

The story plot of the Lord of the Rings is taken from the novel written by J.R.R Tolkien. The movie contains three different series which are quite long. The 3 parts of the series would have different running times.

The story of the movie is quite long as it would take more time to cover the scenes of the novel. The main intention in the film was to destroy the One Ring completely. Hobbit Frodo Baggins got split from his fellowship and maintained his loyalty with other companions.

The film was made in New Zealand. The film took around one year for the shooting to get completed. The pickup shots were done in complete 4 years. The shooting of pick-up shots started in 2001 and ended in 2004. The budget of the film was around 281 million dollars.

How Long Are The Lord Of The Rings Movies?

The emotional depth and musical score of the movie were incredible according to viewers’ reviews. The movie came out as a grand success for the whole team. The dialogue delivery and scenes of the movie were very impressive for the audience.

The novel is quite lengthy, and the story of the novel was taken for the film. Therefore, it took 3 films to cover the story of the novel. The first success of the film made the director, and producers make two more movies. The name of the first movie is The Fellowship of the Ring.

The running time of the first movie is around 2 hours and 58 minutes. The story deals with how Froddo found the One Rings, which was owned by Dark Lord Sauron. The journey of Frodo with his 8 companions to the place where the One Ring can be destroyed is shown in the first film.

The second film of the series is The Two Towers. The running time of The Two Towers is around 2 hours and 59 minutes. In this film, the journey of Sam and Froddo is shown. The film also contains the journey of these two companions with new team members to defend Isengard.

The Two Towers movie was realized in 2003 and got renowned for its special effects and set designs. A home video was released after every film was released in cinemas as an extended edition.

The Return of the Kings was the third and last film of the series. The running time of the Return of the King movie was around 201 minutes. The visual effects of the film were praised. The Return of the Kings was a film with the final ending of the series.

Why Are The Lord Of The Rings Movies This Long?                             

 The film won around seventeen awards. The film received the Best Picture awards in 76th Academy Awards. The film was nominated for different types of awards and also won all the eleven Oscars awards. There were many actors involved in the film.

The scenes of each actor and dialogue delivery took around 588 to 600 minutes. The film was released in places such as Canada and United States. The film was realized in many other countries worldwide. The series of movies was a blockbuster at that time.

The adventure fantasy film is quite long. The Lord of the Rings movie is great for analyzing the nature of heroism in all the literature. The motion-capture technology creation made the movie more interesting. Old school photography was used in the trilogy.

This brings the simplicity and down-to-earth nature of the makers.

Conclusion                                            

The Lord of the Rings has an epic story plot that caught the attention of the audience. The characters in the movies were incredible. The battle scenes of the movies were mesmerizing with the perfect action sequence of the actors.

The addition to the book script of Tolkien made the movie extremely creative and high standard. The viewers may find many interesting concepts in the series. the time of watching the whole series may slightly differ depending on how the person watches it.

References

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