Great, but not perfect movie

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2002)

Let me start off by saying Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a GREAT and splendid movie. It has a close eye on details and is so very consistent in its universe, making it almost impossible to compare it with other adventure movies (Star Wars might be an exception!). I haven't read any of Tolkien's books, but I have been told that it really follows the book nice, leaving some elements that would make the already 3 hour long movie into a 5 hour long movie.
The actors haven been chosen carefully, no hotshot Hollywood actors, which was good. Elijah Wood was excellent as Frodo and Ian McKellen was great as Gandalf. Viggo Mortensen also did a good job (well, I had to say this since he's from the same country as me).
The special effects were fairish, neither astounding nor incredible. The action scenes were good, although sometimes confusing which was a shame; after all they did work on this movie for quite some time.

On the whole, it's a kicksass adventure movie, one of the best in the genre of all time and a great start for the trilogy.
9,5 out of 10