very good

Rating: 5/10 (9 February 2002)

The reviews have said everything there is to say, so briefly, LOTR had just about everything in a film you could ask for, barring the laughing out loud humour, which it didn't need anyway & the time went be relatively quickly.
It's certainly not deserving as it's position of No2 of all time though. It lost marks for being a little too long, for being a stand alone film & a tiny bit too fantasy/sci-fi for my own enjoyment.
I've never touched any Tolkien, or even fantasy book in my time, but I prefer it that way, as I had no idea in the slightest what was coming next or indeed will do.
But all in all one of the best films in years & possibly my favourite 'Epic' or battle film ever & I'll be in the queue for the sequel.
A high 8/10