Good,but three hrs is way too long.

Rating: 1/10 (18 February 2002)

Yes it is good. But 3 hours is way too long for an opening installment and therefore difficult to watch over and over again. The Hobbits could have had more character to them and Frodo was much more cynical in the book (not quite the wide eyed innocent he was in the movie).
It would have been better to see Mordor in the second film so we wouldn't quite know the evil Frodo is up against. We would be in Frodo's position.
I Hated Samwise Gamgee. He was the stereotypical annoying character every fantasy film has to have.(Read Jar Jar Binks). (No offense to the actor, I think it was the way he was written). The music score was a little too Braveheart inspired for my liking.

I think the main problem I had was the action got quite repetitive in the middle. Too Many bad guys coming to get them. (I know the book was like that). All in all a good film.One of the better fantasy films since Star Wars for sure. But it is not the classic yet, and certainly not number two on the all time list. I work at a special effects company and have spoken to someone who has begun work on Two Towers and they told me that the next installment will not be as good as Fellowship.But that the third one will rock. So I look to part three with anticipation. Peter Jackson has done fine with this installment, but his real magic is yet to come.