persevere and you'll be rewarded

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2002)

The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings is a movie to persevere with. It is confusing at the start due to the need to explain what the rings are about and due to the need to introduce the main characters, whose names are not easy to remember. I found myself saying, "I am bored with this" for about half of the movie. I was glad I did not turn it off because it really came together in the second half which was most exciting and emotionally involving. I guess it would help to have read the book, The Hobbit, before viewing this movie because some of the characters in that are also in this movie. I am looking forward to the sequel with anticipation.