![]() So this technically isn’t a meme, as in an image widely shared on social media, but if you were in the know in the mid-2000s, you still can’t get this song out of your head! It was shared so much on AOL & MySpace (remember them?), it’s earned honorary meme status in our book. The viral video that launched 1,000 Lord of the Rings memes. ![]() ![]() We’re sorry, not sorry – we have to start with this. Taking the Hobbits to Isengard-gard-gard-gard Fellowship and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, released in theaters the month before, would launch a fantasy craze in Hollywood, launching us into the age of the franchise film and spawning several great (and completely horrible) epic fantasy blockbusters throughout the 2000s. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released in theaters in December 2001, marking the first time audiences would pack theaters to see hobbits, wizards, and elves on the silver screen. By: Carmen MacBeth ‘Lord of the Rings’ turns 20: Celebrate with the best memesĭo you feel old yet? If not, we’re here to help: Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of JRR Tolkein’s epic fantasy trilogy, turns twenty at the end of this year.
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