From fear to joy

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2005)

Having read the book 10+ times I was hopeful yet in agony to see the Fellowship. Will Jackson be up to the task, how will the actors perform, what have they done with the Balrog and such... I'm sure many others felt the same way. By the end of the movie I was in tears, as it was as good, or actually far better than I had ever hoped a LOTR movie could be.The story was well composed, the world was artfully yet realistically created and the feelings of die-hard fans well taken into consideration by small sidelines of the screenplay (Magot, Bill etc.)
Later to see the full version on DVD made it even better, as has been the case with all parts of the trilogy. If the old half-animation was a brave failure, this was a brave effort that succeeded.