One word.......wow!

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2002)

The fact that Peter Jackson was working on three Rings movies at once, and was still able to create such a masterpiece, should be enough to elicit the word "wow". But this movie stands alone as one of the greatest of all time. The acting is crisp, the story moves at a great pace throughout, and the adherence to the book(while only cutting unnecessary nonsense like Tom Bombadil) is that which only a true fan of literature and film alike could have brought to the screen. While George Lucas is turning his films into nothing but special FX, screaming to the public, "Hey, look what I can do now!", Peter Jackson has proven that while FX are important, characters can still be depended upon to tell a great story. And the score........Howard Shore has outdone himself, and if he doesn't walk away with an Oscar....there truly is no justice in Hollywood! Thumbs up!! See you all in December 2002 in line for the next one!