Beginning to a Great Fantasy Epic

Rating: 9/10 (3 December 2005)

"The Fellowship of the Ring" is an excellent movie. Very charming and personified. The story at this point in the film seems well organised as opposed to the later "Return of the King" where the characters seem to get lost due to the size of the film.
Undoubtedly there were a lot of deviations from the source material, but I think that only helped the movie gain more momentum which I feel is very important in any film-adaption. Jackson has a way of inserting funny little moments that also make the movie all the more memorable and already the action-scenes are very convincing although "The Two Towers" is undoubtedly the real action-packed section of the film-trilogy.
If there's anything I don't like about this film is that the opening seemed to glance over many of the events quite quickly. Of course this was used as an excuse to return to these events later in the film and the series, but in comparison I had always liked Bakshi's LotR opening a lot better.
Regardless, this is a fantastic film.