What can I say

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2002)

There are faults with TFotR, mainly, the timeframe is way off and some of the CG is less than perfect, but I still gave it, 10 out of 10, as I've seen it 3 times now, and I just can't get over how awe inspiring it is. I cannot understate this when I say - I have never, as an adult, been so caught up in a movie. Post movie drink, after my first viewing, I sat with two friends, mostly in silence. Now and again one of us would comment on the experience we'd just had, or mention the fact that after so much slack-jawed staring, our heads felt numb. A couple of pints in time later, and our, wow conversation, kicked in. later, In excitedly, describing the movie to a couple of women, who had yet to see it, I thought - this must be how "born agains" must feel when they're spreading the "good news".

Well, maybe I am slightly overstating it a little, and being an atheist, I am using some pretty flowery language to describe what is after all, only a movie. With that thought in mind, I'll leave it there, as I should try and save some enthusiasm for the Two Towers.