Wonderful film, for fans and newcomers alike.

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2002)

i'm amazed at the number of people who say this movie is 'the worst movie ever made'. there are so many things i could say to argue against this, but i'm sure the majority of them have already been said.
before i saw LotR the only tolkein book i'd read was the hobbit when i was about 9, and i hadn't enjoyed it. this movie moved me to tears in several places and as soon as i got home i found the books, and read them, and all the other books related to them. i went on to see the film 2 more times, and i loved it just as much as, if not more than, the first time. if a movie can change people's views to the extent that they go from disliking the stories to being an avid follower of the books, Peter Jackson must be doing something right.