Movie Recommendation: Middle-earth World
MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: MIDDLE-EARTH WORLD
Arranged by Ilham Akmal Faldhian
Here is the order to watch the amazing adventure movies in the world of Middle-earth based on the time of the story from the forging of the ring of power to the alliance of elves and humans against the dark lord Sauron, as well as the journey of the hobbit and dwarf in the adventure against the rise of darkness. Here is the order of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and the latest film The Rings of Power.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Is the Rings of Power included in the Lord of the Rings storyline?
Amazon’s Rings of Power series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which are set in the Third Age. It’s a period in Middle-earth where we’ll see “the making of the rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the epic tale of Númenor, and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men,” according to showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. Based on the novel series The Lord of The Rings and its appendices written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Developed by J.D. Payne and Patrick MacKay for the streaming platform Prime Video.
The majority of the series focuses on the forging of the rings of power, three for the elves, nine for men, seven for the dwarves, and one ring for the dark lord Sauron. It follows Lady Galadriel's journey to track down Sauron's evil deeds after the great war between the elves and the ancient kingdom of Morgoth.
Amazon acquired the rights to The Lord of The Rings for $250 million in 2017, committing to a five-season production worth at least $1 billion. This would make it the most expensive television series ever made. Payne and MacKay were hired in July 2018. The series is based on the appendix of The Lord of The Rings novels, which include discussions of the Second Age, serving as a consultant to Simon Tolkien, grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, son of Christopher Tolkien who helped develop The Lord of the Rings franchise.
Under the terms of Amazon's deal with the Tolkien Estate, it is not a sequel to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. However, the production is intended to be related to those franchises through similar production design, younger versions of the characters in the films, and a main theme music by Howard Shore who composed the music for both trilogies, Bear McCreary composed the score for the series. A massive international cast was recruited and filming for the eight-episode first season in New Zealand, where the previous films were made, from February 2020 to August 2021 (with a production break due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Amazon is moving production for the upcoming season to the UK, where filming for the second season is expected to begin in October 2022. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premieres on September 1, 2022. wikipedia.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy in chronological order
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro. It is based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit trilogy is the first part of the trilogy, which acts as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Long before Bilbo's involvement, the Dwarf king Thrór brought an era of prosperity to his kin beneath the Lonely Mountain until the arrival of the dragon Smaug. Smaug destroyed the nearby city of Dale, driving the Dwarves from their mountain and taking their hoard of gold. Thrór's grandson Thorin saw King Thranduil and the Wood Elves on a nearby hillside and was dismayed when they left rather than help his people, resulting in Thorin's lasting hatred of the Elves.
The wizard Radagast the Brown finds Gandalf and his party and tells them of an encounter at Dol Guldur with the Necromancer, a wizard who has corrupted Greenwood with dark magic. Pursued by orcs, Gandalf leads the party through a hidden passageway to Rivendell. There, Lord Elrond reveals a hidden clue to a secret door on the party's map of the Lonely Mountain, which will only be visible on Durin's Day. Gandalf then approaches the White Council—consisting of Elrond, Galadriel, and Saruman the White—and presents a Morgul-knife, the weapon of the Witch-king of Angmar, which Radagast obtained from Dol Guldur as a sign that the Necromancer is connected to Sauron's return. While Saruman stresses his concerns over the more pressing matter of the Dwarves' quest, asking Gandalf to end it, Gandalf secretly reveals to Galadriel that he had anticipated this and asks the Dwarves to go on without him.
2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. A sequel to 2012's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the film is the second installment in The Hobbit trilogy, which acts as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Thorin Oakenshield and his party are pursued by Azog and his band of Orcs. They are escorted by Gandalf to the home of Beorn, a skin-changer who can shapeshift into a bear. That night, Azog is summoned to Dol Guldur by the Necromancer, who orders him to gather his forces for battle. Azog delegates the hunt for Thorin to his son, Bolg. After informing the group of the dangers of Mirkwood, including the rise of the Necromancer and the dangerous Wood Elves, Beorn escorts the group to the borders of Mirkwood, where Gandalf finds the Black Speech imprinted on an ancient ruin. This, and an earlier request by Galadriel, prompts him to investigate the tombs of the Nazgûl. She warns the group to stay on the path before leaving. Upon entering the forest, they become lost and become entangled by giant spiders. Bilbo frees the dwarves with the help of the Ring of Invisibility. However, Bilbo begins to understand its dark influence after he drops the ring and brutally kills a spider to retrieve it.
3. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro. It is based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. A sequel to 2013's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, it is the final film in The Hobbit trilogy, acting as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Bilbo and the Dwarves watch from the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug burns Laketown. Bard breaks out of his prison and kills Smaug with a black arrow. Smaug's fallen body crushes the Master of Laketown and his cronies, who escape in boats carrying the town's gold. Bard becomes the new leader of Laketown and leads his people to seek refuge in the ruins of Dale. Thorin, now in possession of the mountain's great treasure, searches obsessively for the Arkenstone, which Bilbo had previously found but hidden. Upon hearing that the Laketown survivors have fled to Dale, he orders the entrance to the Lonely Mountain sealed. Meanwhile, Galadriel, Elrond, and Saruman arrive at Dol Guldur and free Gandalf, sending him to safety with Radagast. They battle and defeat the Nazgûl and then confront the disembodied Sauron. Galadriel banishes him and his army and says she will go East. Azog, marching toward Erebor with his vast Orc army, sends his son Bolg to Mount Gundabad to summon their second army. Legolas and Tauriel watch as Bolg's army marches, supported by rampaging Orcs and giant bats.
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
In the Second Age of Middle-earth, the rulers of Elves, Dwarves, and Men were given the Rings of Power. Unbeknownst to them, the Dark Lord Sauron forged the One Ring in Mount Doom, imbuing it with much of its power to dominate the other Rings and conquer Middle-earth. The last alliance of Men and Elves fought against Sauron's forces in Mordor. Isildur of Gondor cut off Sauron's finger and the Ring with it, thus defeating Sauron and returning him to spirit form. With Sauron's first defeat, the Third Age of Middle-earth began. The Ring's influence corrupted Isildur, who took it for himself and was later killed by Orcs. The Ring was lost in a river for 2,500 years until it was found by Gollum, who had possessed it for over four and a half centuries. The Ring left Gollum and was later found by a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who was unaware of its history. Sixty years later, Bilbo celebrated his 111th birthday in the Shire, reunited with his old friend, the wizard Gandalf the Grey. Bilbo leaves the Shire for one last adventure and leaves his inheritance, including the Ring, to his nephew, Frodo. Gandalf investigates the Ring, discovers its true nature, and learns that Gollum was captured and tortured by Sauron's orcs, revealing two words during his interrogation: "Shire" and "Baggins." Gandalf returns and warns Frodo to leave the Shire. As Frodo departs with his friend, the gardener Samwise Gamgee, Gandalf rides to Isengard to meet the wizard Saruman but discovers his treachery and alliance with Sauron, who has sent nine undead Nazgûl servants to find Frodo.
Frodo volunteers to retrieve the Ring, accompanied by Gandalf, Sam, Merry, Pippin, the Elf Legolas, the Dwarf Gimli, Boromir of Gondor, and Strider—who is actually Aragorn, Isildur's heir and rightful King of Gondor. Bilbo, now living in Rivendell, gives Frodo his sword Sting, and his mail made of mithril.
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Awakening from a dream of Gandalf fighting the Balrog in Moria, Frodo Baggins finds himself, along with Samwise Gamgee, lost in the Emyn Muil near Mordor. They discover that they are being tracked by Gollum, the former bearer of the One Ring. Capturing Gollum, Frodo takes pity on him and allows him to guide them, reminding Sam that they need Gollum's help to infiltrate Mordor.
Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursue a group of Uruk-hai to rescue their companions, Merry and Pippin, entering the kingdom of Rohan. The Uruk-hai are ambushed by a group of Rohirrim, allowing Merry and Pippin to escape into Fangorn Forest. Meeting Aragorn's group, the Rohirrim leader Éomer explains that he and his men have been exiled by the king of Rohan, Théoden, who is under the control of Saruman and his servant Gríma Wormtongue. Éomer believes Merry and Pippin were killed in the raid, but leaves the group with two horses. In Fangorn, Aragorn's party meets Gandalf, who after his battle with the Balrog is resurrected as Gandalf the White to help save Middle-earth. Aragorn arrives at Helm's Deep, warning Théoden of Saruman's approaching army. Théoden prepares to fight despite being outnumbered. A group of the Elves of Lothlórien arrive to aid the men of Rohan, just before Saruman's army attacks the fortress. The Uruk-hai breach the outer wall with explosives and during the ensuing assault, kill the Elf commander, Haldir. The defenders retreat into the fortress, where Aragorn convinces Théoden to engage the Uruk-hai in one final assault. At dawn, with the defenders overwhelmed, Gandalf and Éomer arrive with the Rohirrim, turning the tide of the battle. The surviving Uruk-hai flee into Fangorn Forest and are killed by the trees. Gandalf warns that Sauron will retaliate.
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Hobbit, Sméagol, is fishing with his cousin Déagol, who finds the One Ring in a river. The Ring immediately ensnares Sméagol's mind, and he kills his cousin for it. Increasingly physically and mentally damaged, he retreats to the Misty Mountains and becomes known as Gollum. Centuries later, during the War of the Ring, Gandalf leads Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and King Théoden of Rohan to Isengard, where they are reunited with Merry and Pippin. Gandalf retrieves Saruman's palantír, and the group returns to Edoras to celebrate their victory at Helm's Deep. Pippin looks into the palantír, seeing Sauron and the burning tree. Gandalf deduces that the enemy is planning to attack Gondor's capital, Minas Tirith, and he rides there to warn the corrupt steward of Gondor, Denethor. Pippin, who accompanies him, swears fealty to Denethor, whose now-deceased heir, Boromir, had saved his life. On Gandalf's instructions, Pippin lights a beacon, which calls for help from Rohan.
Frodo, carrying the Ring, and Sam continue their journey towards Mordor, unaware that Gollum, now their guide, plans to betray them and take the Ring for himself. The three witnesses the Witch-king of Angmar, lord of the nine Nazgûl, setting out for Gondor with his orc army. Gollum plots to frame Sam for eating the food supplies and wanting the Ring; influenced by the Ring's growing power, Frodo falls for the ruse, and orders Sam to return home. Gollum then tricks Frodo into venturing into the lair of the giant spider Shelob. Frodo narrowly escapes and is confronted by Gollum, who falls into a chasm after a fight. Shelob finds, paralyzes, and binds Frodo, but is wounded and driven off by the returning Sam, who, mourning Frodo's apparent death, takes the Ring. Sam realizes his mistake when the orcs capture Frodo, but manages to save Frodo as the orcs fight among themselves. Now inside Mordor, the hobbits continue their journey towards Mount Doom.
As King Théoden gathers his forces, Elrond informs Aragorn that Arwen is dying, having refused to leave Middle-earth. Elrond gives Aragorn Andúril, reforged from the shards of King Elendil's sword Narsil, and urges him to commit himself to claiming the throne of Gondor, to which he is the heir. With Legolas and Gimli, Aragorn explores the Paths of the Dead, promising to free the ghosts there from their curse if they come to Gondor's aid. Meanwhile, Faramir, previously overwhelmed and driven back to Minas Tirith by the Witch-king, is mortally wounded in a suicide attack; believing his son to be dead, Denethor goes mad. Gandalf rallies the defenders, but a vast army of orcs breaks into the city. Denethor attempts to burn himself and Faramir on a pyre, but Pippin alerts Gandalf and they rescue Faramir. Denethor, burning and in pain, leaps to his death. Théoden arrives and leads his forces against the orcs. Although initially successful in the ensuing battle, they are crushed by Haradrim riding Oliphaunts, and the Witch-king mortally wounds Théoden; however, his niece Éowyn kills the Witch-king with the help of Merry. Théoden dies in his niece's arms. Aragorn then arrives with the Army of the Dead, who defeat Sauron's forces. Their oath is fulfilled and the Dead are freed from their curse. Aragorn decides to march into Mordor to distract Sauron from the now severely weakened Frodo and Sam; all of Sauron's remaining forces march to meet Aragorn's distraction, allowing the hobbits to reach Mount Doom. Gollum, who survived his earlier fall, attacks them, but Frodo manages to enter the mountain. There, he succumbs to the power of the Ring, placing it on his finger, but Gollum manages to bite his finger and reclaim it, leading to a fight before they fall off the edge. Frodo manages to grab hold and Sam pulls him up as Gollum falls to his death into the lava, taking the Ring with him, defeating Sauron once and for all. Aragorn's forces emerge victorious as his enemies and the land of Mordor collapse into the earth and Mount Doom erupts, with Frodo and Sam narrowly escaping.
Here's how to watch the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogies in chronological order.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are film adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkien's novels that have won various awards that make the series or trilogy the best films of all time. The story in the land of middle-earth is very great and holds so many mysteries that are stored especially in the emergence of the evil of darkness.
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