Impressive work

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2001)

I'm a long time Tolkien fan and I remember when cast lists were being drawn up on USENET five years ago. I don't think any of my cast list made it. I felt that the Shire was too rustic. The first half was a little too lose with the book for my taste, but the second half was wonderful. The Balrog will be in my nightmares for a while. The story does seem to move slow. It is definitely worth the big screen and I will spend a lot of time pausing the video to look at the background effects, which looked amazing in the small amount of screen time they got.