Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
From the decade that witnessed 'Lord of the Rings - Return of the King' scoop up all its 11 academy award nominations, enjoyed our comprehensive selection of all Oscar Best Picture Nominees 2000 - 2009.
Something about early noughties family films feels just that bit more wholesome. 'Finding Nemo', Lord of the Rings: Return of the King', 'Elf', see what we mean?
This year's action is decidedly adventure orientated. With a bit of 'Bad Boys II' for good measure.
YOU SHALL NOT PASS…. up the opportunity to check out this complete collection of Sir Ian McKellen's leading roles. Although our generation know him from a variety of venerable, silver-haired roles, make sure to check out a young Ian in films like 'Macbeth' (1979), 'David Copperfield' (1982), and 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' (1982). Gandalf was a stud!
People who though Mortensen's career had peaked with LOTR were in for a pleasant surprise when he came out with 'A History of Violence' in 2005 and 'Eastern Promises' two years later. Fun fact: Old Viggo is also an accomplished painter, musician, and poet!
If you haven't seen 'Green Street' or 'LOTR' yet we recommend you watch the former first and the latter second, as it does feel a little odd seeing Wood pummel his way around East London after having been introduced to him as a tousle-headed, emotionally fragile half-man. Other than that, make sure to check out his role as a Church sanctioned cannibal in 'Sin City'. Creepy!
The man with the kindest face in Hollywood. We literally can't imagine a better Samwise - our only question, has he ever done a road-trip with Elijah Wood to a famous volcano? We can only hope.
Why is it so hard to see Orlando Bloom's subsequent characters as anything other than Legolas pretending to be a human? All we know is that the constant expectation that he'll pull a longbow out makes concentrating on the remainder of his filmography rather difficult.
Relatively self-explanatory. All movies featuring Orlando Bloom brandishing a sword, including 'LOTR', 'Kingdom of Heaven', and 'Troy'. And yes, to preempt all you ill-informed pedants out there, Legolas does use a sword in some battle-scenes, not just his bow.
