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The Lord of the Rings trilogy is discussed in this podcast. It generated billions of dollars worldwide and won numerous Academy Awards. The first movie follows Frodo's journey to destroy the ring, while the second movie focuses on Frodo and Sam's journey and Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas pursuing Merry and Pippin. The third movie shows the final battle against Sauron and the destruction of the ring. The story is highly praised, the visuals are stunning, the music is captivating, and the casting is mostly good. Overall, the trilogy is considered the greatest ever made. Hello, welcome to Stinking X, I'm Cheung Lee, and this podcast has been produced for Mr. Markie's New Media English Class. In this series of podcasts, I will discuss famous movie series and rate it out of 10. Today, we will discuss one of the greatest movie series, The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This trilogy generated 3 billion U.S. dollars worldwide and won 17 Academy Awards and stole many people's hearts into Tolkien's land of Middle-earth. I hope by this podcast, you will also fall into the vast and beautiful Middle-earth of Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings is considered the greatest film trilogy ever produced by many critics and general people. The first movie is The Fellowship of the Ring, the second is The Two Towers, and the third is Return of the King. The story of the first movie is grim and harsh, we face many dangers constantly. In the Shire, a hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a ring from his uncle Bilbo Baggins before he departs for his last adventure. This ring was forged by the Dark Lord Sauron and contained immense power in it. The wizard Gandalf finds out about this artifact and insists they make it to Rivendell for the Council of Elrond. Unfortunately, Gandalf couldn't make it with them, and Frodo departs with his hem, Merry and Pippin. On their way, they are pursued by the Nine Asgore, servants of the Dark Lord, sent because they tormented Gollum, of the Whereabouts of the Ring. They meet and get help from Strider, also known as Aragorn. Thanks to his help, they make it to Rivendell without losing their ring. In Rivendell, the Council of Elves, Men, and Dwarves decide that the ring must be destroyed in the fiery pits of Mount Doom, where it was originally forged by Sauron. Frodo volunteers for the job, and Sam, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas the Elf, and Gimli the Dwarf depart from Rivendell to Mount Doom in Mordor. While passing through the dwarven realm of Moria, Gandalf falls into the shadow of an ancient monster, Barok, while defending the company. The company proceeds to the woods of Lothlorien with heavy hearts, where they seek counsel from Galadriel, one of the wisest in Middle-earth, and continue their journey to Mount Doom. Boromir had fallen while defending Merry and Pippin from the orcs, and this led to Frodo and Sam departing on their own journey to Mount Doom, and the others pursue the orcs that took Merry and Pippin. This ends the first movie. The second movie starts with two main threads, the journey of Frodo and Sam, and Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas pursuing Merry and Pippin. The second movie shows hope for the free people of Middle-earth and their resilience. After leaving the company, Frodo and Sam are lost in the wilderness, but there they capture Gollum, the creature that possessed the ring before Bilbo did. They use him as a guide, and they arrive at the Black Gate of Mordor through hazardous and dangerous roads, but they can't go through, so Gollum throws a more dangerous and secret road to Mount Doom. While this was happening, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas pursue Merry and Pippin through the plains of Rohan. They find a pack of orcs slaughtered by the riders of Rohan. After that, they face the resurrected Gandalf, and ride to the capital of Rohan to help King Theoden from the powers of Saruman. They fight in Helm's Deep against the whole army of Saruman. They are victorious, and Saruman is overthrown. Saruman was strong, but he still had Sauron to face. This ends the second movie. The third movie shows the overcoming of the darkness and finally being freed from the terror of the Dark Lord. It starts with Frodo and Sam getting... Frodo and Sam are led to Shiloh's Lair, a giant spider's lair, by Gollum trying to get the ring from them after they are eaten. They are caught by orcs, and are carried to an old fortress in Mordor. They find their way out and journey to Mount Doom. While this was happening, Saruman invaded Gondor, and the battle of Fenrofield was victorious for Gondor and Rohan. After that, they march to the Blightgate of Mordor to distract Sauron and the orcs from Frodo. Frodo reaches Mount Doom, but is overcome by the ring's will to not get destroyed and takes it for himself. Gollum bites the ring in Frodo's finger. Frodo was infuriated and pushes Gollum into Mount Doom, and the ring is destroyed for good. After Sauron was destroyed, Aragorn is crowned king of Gondor, and everybody goes where they started. After Sauron was destroyed, Aragorn is crowned king of Gondor, and everybody goes back to their places again. After some time, Frodo journeys to the Undying Lands with Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel for his deeds as ring bearer, and this scene ends the movie. It is a truly wonderful trilogy to watch, and I will rate the story, the visuals, the music, and the casting. The story originated from Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings. It was the most famous novel series even before the movie was created, and after the movie it became even more popular. With this great story as their base, it won't be easy to mess up the movie. I'll give the story a 9.8 out of 10. The visuals of this trilogy are amazing. The vast nature scenes used both CGI and real world very well. It was mostly filmed in New Zealand. The CGI was so well used that even now it is hard to figure out what is CGI and what is not. All three movies won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. The visual is 9.5 out of 10. The sounds. Most of the music was directed by Howard Shore. He won the Academy for Best Original Score in the first and the third movie. The music matches the mood, and I feel more connected with Tolkien's world. The sounds are 8.7 out of 10. The casting. The casting was most... Most... The casting was mostly perfect. But... The casting was mostly perfect, but I didn't like the change in the ages of the Hobbits. They could have been older, just like in the novel, where they were over 50 years old. But in the movies, they portrayed it as in their early 20s. But the casting of the wizards were perfect, and every other characters were well-fitted. The casting is 8 out of 10. The astrology directed by Peter Jackson gets a stinking egg rating of 9 out of 10. This trilogy is still the greatest trilogy ever made, and I think it will stay that way for a long time. It has the most Academy Awards, with 17 awards throughout the trilogy. I hope that through this podcast you find The Lord of the Rings trilogy more enjoyable, and have some background information about it before you go and watch it. I strongly recommend this movie. Thank you for listening, and see you in the next stinking egg episode with the new movie series. Thanks for tuning in. Bye.