Good movie

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2015)

I personally thought that Peter Jackson did a great job with the casting. The actors played their roles with such good emotion. The scenery was also beautiful for almost every scene (Council of Elrond, Bilbo's birthday party, etc.). Peter Jackson also knew what scenes to cut out and executed the replacements very well. However, the movie portrayed Arwen as a large speaking role when she did not speak at all in the book. There were certain parts that question how closely the book was to the movie yet the movie still made sense. I could tell which part it was in the book. Some very minor details were changed but they also kept some very minor details that you would not expect. Personally, I liked the movie better than the book because the movie gave a great visual and was not as long winded as the book, even though it was quite long.