I am astounded.

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2001)

I actually went to see this movie by myself two days after it came out. Then, as soon as it was over, I got a call from my roommate wanting to know if I wanted to see it again. So, off I went. It is, without hyperbole, one of the finest movies I have ever seen. And I'm shocked, but not totally surprised at how quickly it shot up to the top of the IMDB Best Movies List. The direction was excellent, the acting top-shelf, music set the perfect mood. I also have never seen a movie audience (or two, in my case) react so much to the action on screen. They laughed, they winced, they cheered. I heard people sobbing behind me at certain points in the movie. I hope this wins some awards, and I have no doubt that it will soon be very hard to find any available copies of the next book in the series, or perhaps any of the trilogy's volumes. Go see this. Now. Twice.