Good Movie

Rating: 9/10 (13 May 2002)

I seriously doubt there's anything I can say about this film that hasn't already been said, but I'm going to put in my 2 cents anyway. I thought the film was very good. The movie is a little to "fantastic" or perhaps "magical" would be a better word, for me, but nonetheless I liked the movie. As crazy as it may sound, I actually saw this movie twice in the same day. I saw it at 12:00am opening morning and at about 7pm that same day. Anyhow, I thought the movie was great, but it was really hard to sit through the second time. I kept wanting it to hurry along and get to the cool parts.
I will say that is was directed incredibly well. I was a little skeptical about Peter Jackson directing the movie. I loved "The Frighteners", but HATED "Dead Alive", both directed by Peter Jackson, but he pulled it off.
One complaint I have about the film is that if they are going to have such a "fantastic"/"magical" movie, then there was a sever lack of Gandalf using magic. I have never read the book, so I have no idea how closely it follows the book (I hear from friends and reviews that it follows it pretty well), but I really wanted to see Gandalf do some cool magic.
I have no idea why, but to be perfectly honest, I'm not all that excited about the sequel "The Two Towers", although that doesn't mean I'm not going to see it. I'm sure that I'll see it, but I'm just not all that excited about it. Maybe I'll be eating my words when I see some more trailers/previews. Time will tell, we'll see.
All in all, I thought it was a good movie and worth a look. Be aware that it is a long movie though, so get comfortable. I hope you enjoy the film. Thanks for reading,
-Chris