Beautiful, everything I hoped it would be.

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2001)

I actually loved it. I went in with astronomical expectations and I loved it. Yes, they changed things from the book, but everything they changed had a cinematic purpose. They were extremely faithful to the mood, the feel of the book, the characters, the beauty and wonder of middle earth. The casting was dead-on and the special effects were seamless. I'm going to be holding my breath for the next two years until the trilogy is coming