Don't listen to the naysayers

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2002)

Why not view this film and decide for yourself. Most of the bashers are Tolkien perfectionists, Star Wars geeks that don't want to admit that these 3 LOTR films will definitely overshadow their overly mediocre and shallow prequel trilogy and those who just plain don't get it or appreciate this kind of genre. Sure there are some differences from the book but I think most of these changes for good, or otherwise it would have been a 10 hour movie, unbearably too long to keep the interest of today's moviegoers. I,like many people had reservations about seeing this film but after I did, I came to appreciate Tolkien's works even more. In my humble opinion this is one of the best films to come out in a long time and one of the best ever. I will anxiously await the next two films and hope to see them all back to back. Thank you Peter Jackson, you've done a wonderful piece work.