In the story, Frodo, a hobbit played by Elijah Wood, is a friendly, likeable chap who is thrust into an incredible adventure not of his choosing. Gandalf, played magnificently by IanMcKellen, is a powerful wizard who helps him. Frodo must destroy an ancient evil ring thathas the power to unleash a hellish nightmare on relatively peaceful Middle Earth. MiddleEarth is a fantasyland populated by a variety of creatures that, though not evil, do notnecessarily get along very well. After Frodo and some hobbit friends escape from themysterious minions of the “Dark Lord” creator of the evil ring who wants the ring back, afellowship of these beings is cobbled together to help Frodo. They must take the ring intothe Enemy’s territory to the fires of Mordor at Mount Doom, where the ring was created, todestroy it. Elves, hobbits, dwarfs, and men must pull together in the face of literally mon-strous odds to complete this task.