Darker than the book, read it, read it, read it!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2001)

As a veteran LOTR fan (last 30 years!) I waited for this movie for decades. Worth every minute of it! It is as good as it gets. The shortcomings are due to the medium film and not changeable. Due to cutting out all the jolly and merry bits of the book (Tom Bomdadil, I miss you!), and subscribing to action movie pace, the movie is much darker than the book. However, without the background of the book, you will miss a lot. It may not be popular to read in the USA (at least among some people), but maybe you should give it a try. Definitely better than Harry "the Plagiator" Potter. (Neil Gaiman, I hope you sued her for every penny of her hundred million pounds...)