in 3 words...: "WOW,WOW,WOW"

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2001)

after seeing lord of the rings twice in a single weekend i am left speechless...
after watching it for the 1st time i could only count the seconds till i got to watch it again...
this movie is amazing on so many levels,most of the viewers will undoubtedly stall over the eye popping f/x and/or the battle scences (especially the one in the begining of the movie,which is frightfully short & yet manages to capture you instantly)...
i for one stalled on the magnificent attention to detail. while it is true that the film ad-libs A-lot of the book it manages to remain VERY close to the spirit of the original(with the above mentioned slight varations),but what caught my eye was the simple fact that for the first time (in my mind at least) elves looked the way that elves are supposed to look,same for the hobbits and orcs and every other creature for that matter,heck...even gollum looked the way i pictured him...i mean the attention to detail gets so sickening when you actualy get to see that hobbits have hairy feet!!! i would have never thought they would pay that much attention to it,let alone show it on-screen...
the bottom line is that this is one of the best movies i've seen in a VERY long time,if not ever...the chracters are wonderfull and portraid with exellence (the whole cast manages to shine),the f/x are mind-blowing (espcially when you consider how relativly little they spent on them,some 60 million $$$ less than last months harry potter,and with twice as much effect),and the story,while all too familiar manages to grip even the casual viewer,let alone the fans...
and when there is a slow plot moment (very few,and very far-between) you can always feast your eyes on the marvel that are the views of new-zealand......... 10/10 (without a second thought)