Can it become better than this?

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2002)

Yes! But it is still the greatest movie ever made, in my oppinion. I have a feeling that nothing will ever beat the Director's Cut!
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Overall, Peter Jackson have stayed faithful to the book, to the extent of what's possible. Tom Bombadil was no greater loss, but the addition of Lurtz felt unnecessary. I missed some depth in the friendship between Frodo, Merry and Pippin. Merry and Pippin mostly seemed to think 'Well, this looks like it'll be fun, why don't we come along?'.
Merry, Pippin, Gimli and Legolas were given too little screentime (especially the last two), but had the movie been longer, I believe few people who hasn't read the books would've seen it in theatres, so it is excusable.
Some unnecessary changes were: Frodo solving the riddle to the door of Moria instead of Gandalf, Aragorn LETTING Frodo go in the end, Bilbo not being at the Council of Elrond and Galadriels 'outburst' telling Frodo what would happen if she had the Ring, which I didn't care for at all.

Anyway, now I've pointed out what I didn't like in the movie, but all the other things were fantastic, epic, wonderful, amazing, mind-blowing, indescribable. The acting was great, standouts were (though everybody was very, very good) Ian McKellen, Sean Bean, Sean Astin and, of course, Elijah Wood (Ha! to all of you who said he was too young etc., Elijah Wood IS Frodo, period).
After seeing it three times (and intending to see it again and again) I can without doubt say that it is clearly the best movie I've ever seen. Don't miss it! Go see it now! I mean, the worst thing that could happen is that you don't like it, and I doubt that that hasn't happened to you before.
10/10 (what else?)
PS. Howard Shore, I worship you!