The final half of the Fellowship of the Ring is spectacular

Rating: 9/10 (5 January 2020)

I've gone from someone who read all the books and bought the special extended editions to someone who wishes the first movie in this series were more streamlined than extended.
These are all nitpicks (my favorite movie is part 2 The Two Towers which I consider a near perfect movie.)
The soundtrack of part one is beautiful but can be relentlessly brooding and heavy handed. I find it hard to sit through all three hours without a break. In fact, watching it one hour at a time like episodes of GOT make you appreciate it more. I could have also done with less exposition, voiceovers and mumbling foreboding whispering.
My final nitpick is the casting of Bilbo Baggins. He's nothing like the hobbit I imagined when I read the books or any artist illustrations I've seen. He's too scrawny and lacks charisma in my opinion.