Pay no attention to the Otherfool

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2005)

I reviewed the negative comments and was amazed at the lack of insight given by the current first commentator on this sight. It is not about a bunch of people going on an adventure like so many folks going out to pick wild berries.That's the sort of adventure that Pippin and Merry seemed to think it was at first. This particular book, the series and the Hobbit have been imitated in various ways by many different authors. This is a great story. The story is about a group of people out to save the world. How many times has that been done? Countless. But few have been done as well as this. The dialog is excellent. The acting is excellent. I liked how the hobbits each began to appreciate the difficulties they faced and the gravity of the situation. Merry and Pippin don't seem to get it until the next movie but they are learning in this movie. When Strider tells the hobbits that they are not scared enough, you can see the gravity of the situation settle on them but at varying degrees. The camera work and computer work are excellent. Sweeping vistas, panoramic views, dark forbidding caverns and enchanting forests fill the screen.The background music excites the mind as you view the adventure that unfolds before you. Many college bands now play that music at football games for that very reason. You will not see a better adventure movie trilogy.Not even Star Wars--as great as it is--can match it. Bored with the movie? Either you are a very stuffy person or you need to go to your doctor and get some Ritalin because you probably have ADD.