Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2002)

The only reason I didn't see this movie twice was because I decided that instead, I'd rather have my second, third and fourth viewing of it all on the same day without going broke. It was a fabulous movie.
I compare it to the only other movie that came out this year that I've seen - Harry Potter. With only a week in between the time I saw each, I felt after Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter was a rip off.
My Dad was telling me a few days before I saw it that I should read the book while my friends were saying that a) The book ruined it and b) there were two many omissions. I didn't hear a word either group said- if Harry Potter gave me anything, it was a lesson, read the book afterwards. That is what seperated me from my friends.
Unfortunately, every rating service in this world has an annoying cap of giving a movie 100% (which translates into 10/10 or 5/5 or whatever). Personally, I have found there are several movies where the mark it deserves is above that limit. Lord of the Rings is not just one of those movies, but serpasses them all. If the world was my way, Lord of the Rings would get 35/10. I don't know, that may be a bit low.
Now to find out how badly it mutilated the books - I am going to read them.