Great Start to the best trilogy ever imagined!!!

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 2006)

This is a spectacularly designed movie. It is lovely in all of its golden glory. Middle Earth is beautifully imagined place of mountains, fields, and towns. The special effects are nothing short of amazing. Peter Jacksons film is a benchmark for all that follow this one. It tells the first part of the story sweepingly well. We get strong character development from all involved. Frodo, Gandalf, Legolas, and others are introduced here pretty well. There is no sense in rehashing the whole film for you. Just understand that its about a journey of young heroes out to battle evil. This journey is told well as we discover the people who will undertake this quest. Truly a wonder-kind of a trilogy, LOTR is something that was a defining point of my high school years. It is special effects laden phenomenon. It has real magic embedded in it. Just go get it now.