In a word, Awesome

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2004)

An achingly beautiful, black and wondrous story that swoops effortlessly from the epic to the personal and back again-
can a random kiwi better known for zombie slasher movies really be entrusted with sometihng like that?
the answer is yes. Peter Jackson's The Lord Of the Rings Trilogy is one of the great works of the new millennium, and no amount of nay-sayers can change that. In all aspects, including cinematography, direction, acting and effects, the Lord of the Rings excels and becomes an awesome piece of fantasy storytelling, becoming not only a wondrous technical achievement but also one filled with pathos, emotion and darkness.
oh yes, and it's way better than star wars. :-P