Brilliant first out of three amazing parts of a one-of-a-kind story

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2014)

It saddens me when people complain that a movie doesn't follow a book, because I believe that a motion picture and a book are two separate formats telling a similar story. It's always different to take an event and show it live-action versus describe the events on paper. To readers, things may pan out much differently to one person than another.
In the case of Lord of the Rings, we have Peter Jackson's vision of what he saw when he read the books. It's sort of similar to what I think I envisioned when I read them many years ago, except that his vision is much more detailed.
Everything about this film is beautiful: the grassy knolls in The Shire, the peacefulness of Rivendell, Liv Tyler as Arwen (she was absolutely stunning to look at), the boat trip down the river when they passed by the Sentinels of Numenor, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel who is always enchanting. It was a wonderful film with a perfect cast. Not one thing seemed out of place. Forget the people who get paid to go around and look for errors, because when you're looking for something, you'll find anything. There's nothing wrong with this movie.