See it twice, NOW!

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2001)

The film is magnificent. Some die-hard book fans may have problems though as I did. The first time I saw it, I had a problem with some of the inaccuracies, and a few other minor beefs. See it a second time and those problems seem to erase themselves, as you can then judge it on its own merits rather than a comparison to the book.
This movie will only get better with time. Flawless imagery, soundtrack, acting, battles. The book took a hard cut, but it couldn't be avoided w/out resulting in a 6 hour first film. I am greatly looking forward toward a Director's Cut with some of the scenes cut for time's sake. The audience would have stayed longer- the 3 hours pass like 30 minutes!