A film that will come to be appreciated in time

Rating: 10/10 (28 October 2002)

This movie is terrific as is, easily the best film of last year. Unfortunately, once something becomes popular(Harry Potter, Titanic,etc), it seems to bring out all the idiots who love to put down everything popular. Peter Jackson's vision of Middle Earth is amazing and I'm sure it will become even more fleshed out with the release of the extended version of the film. One of my only gripes with the film was that Lothlorien was totally butchered and Galadriel comes off as more of a wicked witch than a kinder Queen of the Elves. Fortunately that will be fixed with the extended version also.
The problems that some people have with the movie are warranted except that this is essentially just 1/3 of a movie. Star Wars suffered from the same problem initially-no character depth, a boring beginning, then non-stop fighting late in the movie. Then the characters and story became more fleshed out with the release of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. In time, I'm predicting The Lord of the Rings trilogy will stand side-by-side with the Original Star Wars trilogy.
9.5/10