Can't stop thinking about what I've seen

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2001)

When I first heard of Lord of the Rings being put on the big screen, I scoffed because I just KNEW it was going to end up as a horrible made-for-tv-type movie starring Kevin Sorbo or a 2 1/2-hour schmaltzfest with Danny DeVito and Sean Connery. It was neither. It was amazing. I haven't been this enthusiastic about cinema since the first Jurassic Park, and before that the Indiana Jones trilogy and Star Wars.
The wonderful scenes (brilliant and deftly composed) play in my mind and I scan my memory for more that I can relish: *spoilers* - The Ringwraiths, Sauron's "eye", Gandalf's innumerably subtle facial expressions, Gollum's eyes, the insects and spiders crawling away from the Rider as he peers over the edge of the road, The Mines of Moria, the fight in Weathertop - God I could go on, but I can't say much more than what so many other people have been saying about the movie. The only fault I've found in the movie is that it needs to be longer, and since the DVD will be out soon, we can all expect an expanded director's cut in the future ---- 10/10 - I love this film -----