A magical tale of extreme proportions

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2002)

There truly is no other movie like this. The fantastic epic tale is breaks barriers in many ways and for three hours or so I was really able to live in the world only Tolkien could see and knew existed. The beauty of this film lies not only in the scenic world or the visual effects, but comes to life especially due to the actors who bring a magical and wonderful atmosphere to the movie and thus also bring believability of their roles to the maximum.
The scene that I most remember is when the Fellowship arises, because the film makers truly captured the moment. If there is a downside to the movie it's definitely not it's length because the movie never lost its tempo - it's those blasted seats in the cinema that made my but ache and fall asleep. And there's that "Titanic"-y feel to the score when Frodo and Samwise head off in the canoe. Bhhhhhhhhhh.
And the ending, if I can even call it an ending came very suddenly and I left the cinema feeling cheated of the rest of the movie. Oh well, "The two towers" next year then.
8/10