Wonderful like the book

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2001)

This book was the visual interpretation of the book. I felt so close to the characters, Gollum, Bilbo, Frodo, Boromir, etc... Its not a usual occurrence that a director can visualize a book and Peter Jackson did this very well. The presence of evil was very real in the movie, from Bilbo's evil visage coming out to Gandalf being afraid of the ring, it just makes you realize how evil the ring is. Very good directing and acting. I can't wait for the next one. Some thought the inclusion of Arwen's rescue of Bilbo was sacrilege. It was merely filler. That kind of thing has to be done in a movie. Overall this is what excellence in a film should be. I rank this movie with new greats like The Shawshank Redemption and Braveheart.