Fellowship follows Tolkien's genre

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2002)

I have been waiting for years for a film based on the Tolkien books that actually captures the feel and subtleties that Tolkien produced. This film is close and far surpasses all others who have tried, yet I left feeling little sympathy for any of the characters and attribute it to too much reliance on special affects and hard-hitting action (which it excels at) and not enough on the character development aspects.