LOTR- best movie ive seen in ages

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2002)

ok, firstly i just want to say that LOTR- fellowship of the ring is probably the best new movie i have seen in ages, and that i am totally obsessed with it. i have seen it now about 4 or 5 times, and i still am not sick of it, nor am i getting bored with it. in fact i plan to see it a few more times!! told ya i was obsessed... anyway ive read the books, and i have to say that Tolkien was a talented author, and peter jackson is a talented director! this movie follows the plot, of course missing some scenes ie- tom bombadil, and as well as adding scenes, but that is to be expected from any movie that as been based on a book.
i think that the cast in this film could not be any better, and putting elijah wood as frodo was a great idea, as he fits the role perfectly, and he is also a great actor! Sir Ian McKellen plays Gandalf exceptionally well, as he puts so much soul into the character! and Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Domanic Monaghan, who play Frodo's 3 best friends are great, but PJ could have delved a little deeper into their friendship, and how close it was! and Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen who play Legalos and Aragorn are brilliant, as well as joining Elijah Wood on my favourites list :)
My favourite scenes in the film would have to be whenever the Black Rider came onto the screen, and aslo the scenes in the Mines of Moria, which scared the living hell outa me, but i loved it all the same!
And the scenery was absolutly breath taking- i dont think i have ever thought of NZ being as beautiful as that!!
But the ending was left a little open, and if i may say so, it annoyed one of my friends greatly! I am wondering if the Two Towers and the Return of the King will follow the same structure of the book, by that i mean if it will be in two parts or if it will cut back and forth between Frodo and Sam, and the rest of the Company
I can now say that i cannot wait for the following movies to grace our screens, but for an obsessed girl like me, it will be a good ending to a very hard year!