Stunning transition from literature to the big screen.

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2002)

I expected great things from this movie and was not disappointed. After reading the book I almost felt short changed by the film as it could have easily gone on for another hour.
The scenes are incredible and so absorbing it makes your head spin. The casting was superb and virtually all of the characters could have sprung straight out from Tolkien's imagination.
The script was virtually lifted from the book which so often fails but the whole thing was enhanced so much by sticking to Tolkien's words.
I would whole heartedly recommend reading the book first because it's such a pleasure seeing all that you imagined come to life before your eyes.

There isn't much more I can say except that this is without a doubt one of the greatest films of all time.