Unspeakably awesome

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2002)

You know how you read a book then go to see the movie and you're always disappointed? Well, Lord of the Rings is the most breathtaking piece of fiction I have ever read, arguably the most breathtaking ever written. When I saw the film, I was, astonishingly, not disappointed. I was awestruck. That anyone could take on such an ambitious project with such glorious results, especially given the material that needed to trimmed to keep it under 12 hours, is a tribute to there still being talent in the film industry. I won't go into describing the film; there are comments enough here already. I have never given a movie a vote of 10. Until now. This comment is essentially to enact that vote, and to speculate that its detractors have never seen it, or upon seeing it, didn't know what they were seeing.