BRILLIANT!!!

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2001)

After waiting over two years for this film, you will propably understand my hopes were extremely high. Most of the times, (just think of The Phantom Menace) such a film does not live up to the expectations.
Well, Fellowship of the Ring DID live up to my (and I think most people's) expectations. It thankfully has become a truly magnificent piece of entertainment, a masterpiece that will influence any film to be made in the future. It is the Star Wars of our time. But Fellowship is a much better film then Star Wars, where Star Wars is a thrill ride featuring some interesting - and charismatic - characters, Fellowship is a film with a beating heart and a living soul. Just think of the scene where Sam proves he would rather drown then to let Frodo leave on his own, brilliant!! But the film is also visually one of the greatest - if not greatest - achievement in movie history. Peter Jackson IS the visionair I always thought him to be and I think he will be one of the most important directors of the coming decennia. The prologue shakes you up and throws you right into Middle-Earth, and the Mines of Moria represent one of the greatest action-set-pieces of all time. Thank God Mr. Jackson knew what to do with the time (and money) that had been given him.