Wonderful

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2002)

A wonderful adaptation of a wonderful book. It amazes me that such a work is now possible. Just 10 years ago, before Jurassic Park and Star Wars Episode I this movie would have been inconceivable. This movie says to me that now all is possible. If you can imagine it, computers can now make it real. Think about it; any set, any special effect, any creature can now be created. Tolkien himself sold the movie rights for a pittance in the '60s thinking that no movie adaptation would ever be possible. He was right, until the computer came along. Jurassic Park was revolutionary, Star Wars I was revolutionary, Toy Story was revolutionary. This movie is evolutionary, it shows just what technology can do with a skilled director's guidance. That alone makes this movie worthy of its high rating. Add to that Tolkien's incredible prose....and in MY book...you have nothing less than a 10.