More of a dedication than a review

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2005)

This is probably my favorite movie of all time (toss up with The Godfather). I know that these movie get a lot of hype but they deserve it.
To start off, I was a huge star wars fan. I saw the Hobbit when I was in 4th grade and I didn't like it. My friends offered to let me read the Lord of the Rings books when I was in middle school but I declined. 2001 came along and i saw some trailers for the movie and it looked interesting. I was blown away. It offered everything: fantasy, action, adventure, horror, romance, good acting, great looking designs on everything. I never knew I liked fantasy until I saw this movie. I was hooked for life.
Everything was great about this movie. I'm not sure if I can point out anything bad. The three hours seemed like 2 and I didn't want it to stop when 'Fellowship' ended.
One of the big reasons I liked this movie is that they used great actors over 'movie stars' (there is liv tyler but she is hot). There are a few movies that can balance great special effects and great acting in one movie.
Peter Jackson should of received best director for this movie (sorry Ron), but that's Hollywood politics. (Note: Coppolla didn't get best director for Godfather which is a bigger crime).
I started reading the books after watching Two Towers (I couldn't wait another 12 months). The book 'Lord of the Rings' is a brilliant piece of work itself. There is so much imagination in that book. A lot of die hard book fans hate the movies but I wish they would admire the brilliant filmaking in this movie. This movie would be very boring if it came from directly off the book.
I hope one day that more fantasy movies will look like this movie.