Almost Deserving of top 10.

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2001)

A wonderful film. It was visually stunning. At times the action got a bit ahead of the character development and I felt the influence of Hollywood getting a bit ahead of the influence of Tolkien. All in all, though it was an almost perfect movie. Best viewed as a cinematic tribute to the books (how could a movie exceed such a story?). At three hours, it seemed short and in my opinion could have been longer and more fully developed. I found several scenes very moving and indeed it stirs the higher emotions and brings honor and virtue as well as adventure to the screen. I give it a 9.5 out of 10.