Of all the movies I have seen, this one will hold a special place in my heart forever.

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2002)

I will not go into lengthy details about plot, nor will I bore you to tears with ranting about the beautiful scenery or the skilled actors. It's enough to say the actors were perfect in their roles, Gandalf being the most perfect of them all.
No movie have even brought tears to my eyes only minutes after it begun showing. No movie, except LOTR:FOTR of course.
I've read the books countless of times and I know pages and pages by heart. When I first layed eyes on Hobbiton and The Shire I knew what I saw, it needed no explanation. I immediately knew the characters, even before they were introduced because Gimli looked and moved like Gimli, Legolas was exactly as he's depicted in the book and so on. That's just one of the things that makes this movie so great.
After seeing the extended version, I must say: It should have been 3.5 hours long. 3 wasn't enough.
But I'm a die-hard fan, if they had released 3.5 hours I am sure I would have said I wanted 4. Because that's how much I love this movie.