A stunning movie in every respect!

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2002)

Peter Jackson got it absolutely right. His screenplay, based upon viewing the first installment of the trilogy, is a masterful adaptation of a classic work - faithful in spirit and vision without being tediously slavish to the original text. Add to that superb casting, wonderful production design and photography and New Zealand and the result is possibly the best movie anyone has created in the last 50 or 60 years. Three hours passed as if they were 30 minutes and a full theatre sat in silent, rapt awe as the story unfolded before them. A masterpiece!