This movie is a landmark, an extraordinary moviegoing experience

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2001)

WOW! Ever since I was six years old (ten years ago) and my mom read to me Lord of the Rings, and i saw the cartoons, I was desperate for there to be a live action movie made. Now that I have seen this masterpiece I am thrilled that a book that means so much to me can come off so good. When I knew the movie was being made, I decided that I would like the movie no questions asked. However, as the release date approached I had concerns over how the story would be changed and edited. HOWEVER, go into this movie knowing that this is an INTERPRETATION of FOTR, not the actual book. If you watch it with that attitude, you will realize how amazing this movie is. It is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time, and a landmark in movie history.