I expected something special - I got perfection...

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2001)

...or as close to perfection as I could ask for. What can I say that others haven't already? How can I add comments that justify what this movie means to me and obviously so many others. I re-read the book recently and for what it's worth, I think that many of the plot changes make the story better - for instance giving Aragorn a reason not to go after Frodo and thrilling glimpses of Isengard, Gondor and Mordor. When I sat and watched Bad Taste back in 1990 if someone had told me that in little over 10 years the director of that cheesy schlock horror classic would eventually produce this, well it would have been choking on popcorn time! It is simply the most affecting film I've seen in all my adult life.