For once, length and excellence

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2001)

This is the first film I have seen reaching the 150 minute plus mark where I didn't want to leave the cinema.
In all aspects it kept me gripped and entertained from beginning to end was overly mesmerising in all facets. The extent of characters, brilliant landscapes, rich and substantial personalities make this without doubt one of the best movies I have ever seen.
In the past films with a serious and dramatic have, in my opinion, quite wrongly occupied the number one or top 5 spot in all time greatest films polls. For once, and quite rightly, a movie that entertains with positivity and pure film making claims the spot. Films that grab the number one spot containing gratuitous use of nonsensical violence and/or shocking value seem to be regarded as "great" films for no real film making qualified brilliance.
Thankfully, Lord of the Rings has grabbed this. My thumbs up for such a brilliant movie.