Bedazzled and Bespelled be Me

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2001)

God bless Mr. Jackson. Dear Santa make sure Mr. Jackson has lots of good stuff in his stocking this year he has been a very good boy. First, let me say to the people who gave this a 1.....it's called imagination look into it. The fact that over 10,000 people gave it a 10 and 337 gave it a 1 tells me something is really wrong...like maybe people are giving it a 1 to keep it from having such a high score. I admit I've done this once myself. After I had voted I thought to myself that I should have just cast my actual vote instead of trying to affect the rating. I am hoping that directors the world over will watch this film and get a clue on how a fantasy movie should be made. Ian McKellan as Gandalf was absolute magic!! He played him without the usual bravado. Actors usually ruin fantasy characters with an attempt to seem grandiose, larger than life, and it ends up simply being annoying. Ian Holm played Bilbo splendidly. In fact, the entire cast was perfect. People who aren't interested in fantasy will not understand how important this movie is to the genre and to fans everywhere. HUZZAH!!! to everyone involved in this film. I am so happy. ;->