Peter Jackson's Best Film. Period.

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2011)

The Lord of the Rings was something new to me when I first saw it. I was really young, of course, maybe about 6 or 7, so I really didn't understand what was going on. After I got a bit older, I watched it again to see what is what like to me now. All I can say is it held me breathless. My family and I are big fans of LOTR and my first screening of it was the extended special edition that my dad got for his birthday. As I said before, I watched it again when I was older and every time I watch it, it never ceases to amaze me. FOTR is by far the best because it stays more true to the book than the others did. It also introduces more to the world in which it is based in.
Middle-Earth was spellbindingly brought life right before our eyes and I always feel like I'm apart of it every time I watch the film. The cast by far is the best cast this film could have. Each actor went deep into his/hers character mind and acted as they did in the novel. The one actor who really amazes me is Ian McKellan as Gandalf the Gray. His performance so should've won the Oscar, but then again I am not part of the Academy.
Peter Jackson to me is one of the greatest filmmakers of our generation and this trilogy of outstanding films proves my point.