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Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2002)

Some people have asked in the comments how dare we put it up there with movies like "The Godfather" or other "beloved" classics. Do I think it's as good as "The Godfather"? Yes I do. It's better in my opinion simply because I am a huge fan of fantasy. The Godfather is a classic, but it also bored the *&^% out of me. I really don't care about criminals or their lifestyles and I really hate movies that sensationalize them. 17,000 people have loved this film enough to give it a 10. It's my guess that the vast majority of this 17,000 are avid movie lovers which is why they have sought out a website like IMDB in the first place. I base my first opinion on whether a movie is good or not...on whether I enjoyed it, learned something from it, or it evoked some emotional response. I can appreciate Citizen Kane for it's contribution to movie making and directing, but if given a choice of watching it or LOTR over and over again locked in a room for 24 hours...guess which one I'd choose. "Our Vines Have Tender Young Grapes" "Ghostbusters" "The Ox-Bow Incident" "Night of the Hunter" "How Green Was My Valley" "Empire Strikes Back" "Jane Eyre (1944)" "On Borrowed Time" "Excalibur" "The Thing" "Windwalker" "Babette's Feast" etc These are among my favorite movies and I think LOTR would fine them pleasant company. Don't assume that the votes given to this movie were uneducated ones just because you believe yourself some sort of aficionado of the cinema. I still believe that it's unfair of people to give this movie a 1 just because they're trying to change it's rank in the top 250. I'd much rather see a movie about the humble and unassuming overcoming great odds to defeat evil like LOTR in number 1, than a movie about selfish brutes killing one another and upholding archaic outdated notions of honor in "The Godfather".