A Truly Magnificent Film

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2002)

I like any other reader of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy believed that middle earth could not have been brought to life in a film because it is its own fantastic world. but when i went to the showing I was absolutely amazed and i was also heart broken when i watched the Academy Awards, if Shakespeare in love should get an award over Saving Private Ryan then the Lord of the Rings without a doubt should have beaten a Beautiful Mind (i do like a beautiful mind). anyways back to the movie. the scenery was fantastic, obvious that New Zealand is the only place in the world that can be recognized as middle earth. Cast was not incredibly great but i appreciated Mortensen as Aragon and McKellen as Gandalf, but the real standout was the smaller part of the great Christopher Lee as my favorite character Sauromon. This movie is a must for all LOTR readers and everyone else, truly the beginning of a great trilogy and a taste of whats to come.