Technically brilliant movie

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2003)

I must admit of all the movies out there Lord of the rings was on my list of "don't go sees". The reason was simple. I had no interest in the lord of the rings(books) nor did I care to see a movie based on any of them. But a good friend of mine insisted that I go-and so amidst many a mumble and grumble on my part I acompanied this friend to the movie theatre silently gloating over how I would prove my friend wrong when I hated the movie as much as I envisioned.
MY FRIEND HAD THE LAST LAUGH.
I was wrong-way wrong on this one and will say right here that if someone with as little interest in the Lord of the Rings Saga as me could fall in love with a pic like this anyone can-and I do mean ANYONE-so SEE IT if you haven't!
I'm not gonna get into reviewing plots or anything like that. Here is what I will say: Aside from the fact The movie is engaging, wonderfully written and acted etc etc, the people responsible for the technical visual aspects of Lord of the rings are geniuses. The visuals in this movie are technically amazing, breathtaking, and are so intricate you wonder how HUMAN BEINGS could actually put something like this together. At the very least even if you don't like the film(which is doubtful) your mouth will be hanging open at the sheer ARTISTRY of the film. I think Lord of the Rings is the type of movie that could inspire someone to start a career in movie making.

Lastly, I will say one of my pet peeves is movies that run a long time and don't seem to end. Lord of the rings had a long running time which was one other worry of mine when viewing this movie. WELL-the time passes so quickly it barely feels like half the time has gone by. And during that time there are very few moments one will actually be bored.
So all in all, I have to recomend Rings. Probebly most people reading this have seen it already but in case there's that one person who, like me is a skeptic, check the movie out. Because you DO NOT have to be a Lord of the Rings(book) longtime fan to REALLY enjoy this movie.