Wonderful interpretation

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2002)

Wonderful movie...I'm glad that the movie business left it alone until it could be done properly...ever since I saw Terminator 2 ,I thought,this is it,they can do anything they want with special effects now,LOTR must be coming soon...well,it took a while,but they did get it right;From watching it,I can only assume that Jackson is a Tolkien geek,which is great,that's exactly the sort of person who should have got to do it.Amazingly ,for what is presumably going to be a 9 hour movie,there is still a lot missing from the book,but,fair enough I suppose..I would have liked to see more of the relationship between Legolas and Gimli..It's not really clear in the first installment that their respective races have a touch of antagonism between them,and this makes me wonder whether their blossoming friendship,which I found to be one of the most moving parts of the Two Towers,will be overlooked in the next installment..I hope not,as Legolas is an extraordinary character in the movie. But,that is mere hair splitting;a wonderful movie,wonderful visuals,and the bravery to cast people who are right for the parts,rather than A list 'names'..Keep it up for the next two parts....9.5 out of 10,go and see it(and read the book)