Why such high praise for Lord of the Rings?

Rating: 7/10 (14 September 2003)

Although I enjoyed the movie very much, it certainly cannot crack my top ten, or probably even my top thirty movies of all time. I'm surprised to see it so high on the all time list here at IMDB, so I gave it a one. Although I don't believe the movie was really that bad, and my lonesome vote of one is not going to make a difference in its overall score, I felt it was needed.