This movie was great

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2002)

This movie was great. The special effects and surrounding area helped viewers to create the great lands that exist in that era. This movie prompted me to read all three parts to the trilogy. The great powers of Saruman were limited because Tolkien made it like that, as also the "mumbo jumbo of spirits, magic, power, evil, good, and, of course, rings." THAT's what the movie and storyline are about!!!! If there's no ring, spirits, magic, or good and evil in the movie, then it's pointless to make the movie and call it Lord of the Rings. This movie was based on the book. If you don't like the magic and fantasy and have no imagination, don't watch the movie! Even though the movie was great and about three hours long, it still didn't capture all the greatness of the story Tolkien's trying to tell. Read the books, watch the movies!