A solid story-driven movie...

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2020)

When "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was originally released back in 2001, it took me three or four attempts to get through the movie, as I found it to be massively boring and unappealing. Which is odd, because I have been playing Dungeons & Dragons since around the mid-1980s.
Then I got my hands on the extended version in 2020, and decided to sit down and watch it again. Perhaps I have matured since 2001, because I found the movie to be much more enjoyable this time around, despite it running for close to four hours. Sure, it was a long ordeal, but enjoyable none the less.
The characters are well-rounded and they have a great ensemble of actors and actresses to perform the various roles in the movie. And I am still amazed with how the visual effects team managed to make the hobbits and dwarves small in size in comparison to the elves and humans. But it worked so nicely in favor of the movie and the fantasy atmosphere of Tolkien.
This is definitely a story-driven movie, so it might not have appeal to everybody, especially those hungering for more action.
The visual effects in the movie were great, and the Nazgul were impressive.
If you haven't already seen "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring", it is definitely a movie you should take the time to sit down and watch.
My rating for this movie is a seven out of ten stars - or rings, if you will.