Tolkien would be proud

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2004)

Having read The Lord of the Rings over 20 years ago, I was somewhat reticent to comment on these movies prior to actually seeing all three. I was absolutely blown away. Jackson did an extraordinary job in bringing Middle-Earth to the screen. The casting was incredible. Jackson did something that I never dreamed possible. He replaced the images my imagination had created for these characters with the faces of those he cast in their roles. When I read LotR now, I see the movie Legolas, Aragorn, and all the others. The only complaint I have with the casting was Cate Blanchet's nose. Jackson created a master piece based on a work who's author was voted author of the millennium. A must see, but even more so a must READ!!!!