A little odd commentary...

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2001)

Warning: Slight what might be considered spoilers... but not really bad ones...
--- A very good movie
I had fun complaining through the whole thing... They had so many little things different from the creature Gollum finding the ring (not his Smeagol's friend...), to Frodo being told to leave the Shire that day by Gandalf(rather than Gandalf telling him to leave by his birthday and then not returning), to Gimli not being blindfolded upon entering LothLorien... etc, etc, etc.. But it was enjoyable... excellent special effects, great battle scenes, the size proportioning was great, but if you know what to look for in special effects, it's a little obvious. Overall they did stick fairly well to the plot despite minor differences throughout... I'd rate it from 1-10 as maybe a 7 or an 8...
I will say this too, I can't sit through movies usually, especially long ones like that sucker, and I was able to sit through it...
Also: to add a bit of mirth to the intense scenes. On one of my names, eowyn_nazgul_bane someone called me nazgul, and I informed them that nazgul were bad guys... Well they brought out a little factor of their language, for in it nazgul means "delicate flower..." Imagine how hard me and my friends were laughing whenever we saw the ring wraiths... ::chuckles:: "Can you see the daisy's intertwined in their crowns?" "Imagine them holding roses rather than swords..." "One of them says to another 'hey bud...'" Anyway, sorry I'll stop now. Now that I'm almost certain none of you will be able to look at the ring wraith's the same again either...