The best book ever is now the best movie ever too!

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2001)

Simply amazing! Peter Jackson did an incredible job of bringing Tolkien's world to life! The casting was perfect, and the acting amazing. The scenery was unbelievable and the action scenes and special effects were stunning! The only problem was that at 3 hours, it was not long enough and some scenes had to be rushed and others omitted. Hopefully, additional scenes will be added to the DVD. Nonetheless, it was as good as I imagined it could possibly be! Weathertop was thrilling and the scene with the Balrog on the bridge of khazad-dum will leave you breathless! Jackson did a great job of including a lot of detail that Tolkien fans could pick up on, and still making the movie very easy to follow for those that haven't read the books (yet). I will have to see this several more times and now I can't believe I have to wait a year to see the Two Towers.