A unique mention for the entire Tolkien trilogy brought to the big screen by Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003).

Indeed, Jackson's work can be considered a single monolithic masterpiece, both for its stylistic coherence and narrative homogeneity, and for the philological devotion with which Tolkien's language was transposed.

Peter Jackson tackles a daunting task and does so sublimely, managing to find the right balance between cinematic vision and the sense of fantasy.

A film divided into three parts, faithful to the Tolkien format, primarily shot in New Zealand.

In the first film, "The Fellowship of the Ring," the Fellowship of the Ring is formed.

The Hobbit Frodo, on the advice of Gandalf the Grey, a wizard friend of his, leaves the Shire for the town of Bree accompanied by Sam, Merry, and Pippin.

Frodo carries with him the mysterious ring found decades earlier by his uncle Bilbo in the dark recesses of the Misty Mountains, taking it from the creature Gollum, a trinket that grants the gift of invisibility when worn.

On their trail are the fearsome Black Riders, mysterious and terrifying creatures searching for a Hobbit named Baggins and his precious ring to return it to its rightful owner: the sorcerer Sauron, who, in spirit form, inhabits the remote black tower of Barad-dûr, in Mordor in the far East.

The ring, in fact, contains all the power of the evil sorcerer, with which he would overwhelm all the free lands of Middle-earth, should he gain possession of it.

Upon arriving in Bree, Frodo will find Aragorn, a Ranger who will prove to be a valuable ally in their escape.

Aragorn advises the four Hobbits to head for Rivendell, the home of King Elrond's elves, and offers to guide them.

The journey will be fraught with dangers, and the nine Black Riders will prove to be formidable hunters.

Once they reach Rivendell, the Fellowship of the Ring will be officially formed, which, in addition to Gandalf, Aragorn, and the four Hobbits, includes Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, and Boromir, the Man of Gondor, son of Steward Denethor, current regent of the city of Minas Tirith, the last bulwark in the East against the power of Mordor.

The Fellowship will depart eastward, passing through the dark mines of Moria, a labyrinth of tunnels teeming with orcs and inhabited by the mighty Balrog, an ancient Demon of the past that drags Gandalf into a bottomless abyss, while the Fellowship manages to escape and find refuge in Lothlórien, the forest of the Elven sorceress Galadriel, who will welcome the survivors, giving them new hope.

The film concludes with the dissolution of the Fellowship: Sam and Frodo continue their journey to Mordor alone; their arduous goal is to cast the ring into the flames of Mount Doom to definitively destroy it, freeing the free world from the horrifying presence of Sauron.

Merry and Pippin are captured by a group of Uruk-Hai orcs sent by the wizard Saruman, once an ally of Gandalf, and now a traitor to the cause due to his lust for power.

Boromir, the valiant warrior of Gondor, is killed after desperately attempting to save the two Hobbits.

Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas set out to track down the Uruk-Hai to free their two captured companions.

In the second film, "The Two Towers," we witness the great battle of Rohan, the land of the horse-lords, to counter Sauron's armies.

Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli find the group of Uruk-Hai slaughtered by a squadron of Rohirrim riders commanded by Eomer, nephew of King Théoden of Rohan.

But Merry and Pippin escaped the massacre, taking refuge in the enigmatic and impenetrable Fangorn Forest.

Here they will be saved by Treebeard, an arboreal creature called an Ent, the Shepherd of Trees.

Aragorn and his companions, in the meantime, meet Gandalf, who, having escaped the titanic struggle with the Balrog, has traversed the dark regions of Death, returning to the land of the living and assuming the new epithet of Gandalf the White.

The four will make their way to Edoras, King Théoden's city, to free the king from the curse perpetrated against him by Sauron through the treacherous Wormtongue.

Once Théoden is freed from the spell, an army of Rohan riders is formed, with whom they fortify themselves in the fortress of Helm's Deep and resist the final onslaught of Saruman's armies.

The Battle of Helm's Deep, one of the most epic and fascinating points in the entire story, will see the two armies pitted against each other: men against orcs in a merciless struggle at the fortress walls.

Thanks to the help of Gandalf, who arrives with new reinforcements, the battle will be won, and Saruman definitively defeated.

Aragorn, Gandalf, and their companions will be able to reunite with the two Hobbits, Merry and Pippin.

Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo, on their solitary journey approaching Mordor, meet Gollum, the ring's former possessor, who offers to guide them through the mountains into the realm of Mordor.

The cunning creature, however, will lay a trap for them, dragging them into the lair of the gigantic spider Shelob.

While Frodo is paralyzed by the spider and abducted by a group of orcs, Sam heroically sets out to track him down to free him.

In the third film, "The Return of the King," we witness the epic siege of Minas Tirith and the coronation of the rightful heir to the lineage of Gondor: Aragorn.

While Théoden leads his riders to aid Gondor, Gandalf precedes him and arrives at the citadel with Pippin, organizing the defenses.

The siege by Sauron's countless armies is truly imposing: legions of Orcs, Haradrim, Easterlings, the nine Nazgûl (the nine Black Riders from the first film) on winged Wyverns, and then creatures of all sorts, Wargs, Trolls, and Oliphaunts, to name just a few.

Meanwhile, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli cross the borders of a terrifying land inhabited by the spirits of warriors anciently bound to the King of Gondor by a promise.

Thus, Aragorn, who is the rightful heir to the throne of Gondor, binds this spectral army to honor that promise, securing a powerful ally in the war against Sauron.

The situation in Minas Tirith is critical, and the city is about to fall despite Gandalf's superhuman efforts, when King Théoden, with his numerous host of Rohan riders, makes his triumphant entrance onto the battle scene.

They will fall upon the besieging armies like a deadly tide, overwhelming everything in its path.

With the help of Aragorn and his ectoplasmic allies, the war will be won, and the enemy repelled into the shadows.

But the decisive battle is fought in the East by two small creatures who are approaching, through a thousand difficulties, Mount Doom to destroy the ring.

Thus, Aragorn, the new King, gathers an army of survivors to present themselves at the Black Gate of Mordor, hoping to distract Sauron's eye, diverting his gaze from the two Hobbits.

While the handful of brave individuals are surrounded by Sauron's armies, Frodo, with superhuman effort, manages to cast the ring, and along with the ring, Gollum, who had attempted to reclaim it, into the magma chasm of Mount Doom, ending Sauron's reign of terror once and for all.