very good, but not completely satisfying

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2002)

Pros: casting and characters were excellent; costumes were great; the sets were true to the book and the whole movie (visually) was of very high quality
Cons: the movie had all the intensity of the book, but lacked several of the "calmer" sections (i.e. Tom Bombadil) which are necessary to balance out the intensity and give the reader/viewer a chance to catch his/her breath; although most of the scenes were very realistic, during parts of the movie (especially in Moria) I felt like I was in a video game