Awesome

Rating: Null/10 (7 January 2002)

I am one of the many people that saw this movie without reading the book first, and I must say that if this movie is good, then the book must be unbelieveably excellent. I immediately began reading Fellowship of the Ring after seeing this movie because I had heard that the book was better than the movie, and the movie entertained me more than pretty much any other movie I'd ever seen (except for maybe The Shawshank Redemption and Gladiator). I look forward to reading the entire 3 books of the Lord of the Rings because anything better than the movie is sure to amuse me. I also want to have my own opinion on whether the movie was loyal to the book.
Another thing I want to say about this movie was the acting. All of the main characters (Frodo, Gandalf, Strider, etc.) had superb acting in all of the situations. They did great jobs in difficult positions (Frodo, for example, being just a regular hobbit with no supernatural powers goes on this adventure and takes it like someone like him really would.) I really hope to see this movie again soon so I can re-view some of the acting done by the cast and see if it lives up to their personalities and characteristics that evolve throughout the film (although one thing that makes me ponder is why everyone could think that such a golf-ball eyed actor like Frodo could be so hot). Also, no one has to worry about the other films having different characters, for they made all 3 movies at once and are still working on the third one I believe.
I would be able to make this comment a lot more detailed if I had read the book first, for I just now started reading it, but hopefully someone who is reading this is searching for someone's opinion who hasn't read the novel. I believe that this movie is closer to perfection than you can get, and defenitely deserves the top 250 #1 rank that it has. After seeing the film, you get a feeling that tells you that it was very moving and definitely worth seeing, or at least I did (don't be discouraged by the fact that it is 3 hours long). I never even considered reading fantasy because it sounded too boring to me. I was always amused by science fiction, but this movie totally convinced me to reconsider going for fantasy, and I'm glad it did for I would never have had the guts to read what people are calling one of the best books ever or see the number one movie of all time. Highly reccommended. 10/10.