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Filmtracks Statistics:
Average Filmtracks Rating: 3.56
Average Viewer Rating: 3.32
Number of Reviews: 25
Number of Votes: 100,303
Number of Comments: 3,103
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#7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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REVIEWS AT FILMTRACKS
(see legend below for abbreviations and codes)
 TitleYear FR VRVTCT RD TRDates Notes
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014*****3.741,05416|||||82201/15all albums
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013*****3.921,37611|||||64412/13multiple albums
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012*****3.941,52122|||||34102/13multiple albums
A Dangerous Method (co-wrote)2011***2.841434||1,72612/11
Hugo2011****3.714804||1,01111/11
Edge of Darkness2010***2.742642||1,53303/10
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse2010***2.935271|||1,25807/10
Eastern Promises2007****3.232670|1,36912/07
The Departed2006****3.3629711|98212/06
A History of Violence2005***3.133500|1,22711/05
The Aviator2004***3.401,68144||37212/04 - 10/11
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003*****4.3023,052693|||||1711/03 - 08/20all albums
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002*****4.3026,367717|||||2112/02 - 08/20all albums
Panic Room2002**2.672279||1,23106/03 - 02/09
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (co-wrote)2001*****4.3039,0831535|||||711/01 - 08/20all albums
The Score2001***3.2357514||80507/01 - 02/09
The Yards2000***2.7069511|1,27310/00 - 07/08
The Game1997**2.713352|1,01407/99 - 07/07
Seven1995**2.731671||1,26011/09 - 03/17all albums
Ed Wood1994***3.352470||1,60407/10 - 05/18multiple albums
Mrs. Doubtfire1993***2.821060||1,81612/10
Philadelphia1993****3.221310||1,82605/10multiple albums
The Silence of the Lambs1991***2.972830||1,07111/09 - 05/21all albums
Big1988***3.288215||37303/03 - 11/08limited
The Fly1986****3.542541||1,46909/09 - 01/23multiple albums
(reviews listed with a "co-wrote" indicate that either the composer wrote the score with another person or that more than one composer worked separately to provide a score for the production)
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VT - Vote Total (for viewer ratings)
Comments: Comment Total (the number of messages posted in the review's comment area)
Review Depth: ||||| - Massive Review (over 4,000 words)
|||| - Very Long Review (between 2,200 and 4,000 words)
||| - Long Review (between 1,200 and 2,200 words)
|| - Average Review (between 800 and 1,200 words)
| - Short Review (under 800 words)
Traffic Rank: Popularity Rank (lower numbers indicate more cumulative reads; new reviews take time to climb the ranks)
Dates: 1st - indicates the month and year during which the review was first published
2nd - indicates the month and year of the review's most recent significant revision (if any)
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