Good thing the holidays are slow for me.

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2001)

I'm going to have to go back and change all my votes for other movies on IMDB.COM so this movie is rated in the proper perspective.
I'll try to say something different than the usual "it was great", "best movie", "blah blah blah"...which is all true, by the way.
My favorite part of the film is...I'm having a difficult time here....how about the fight at Amon Hen. Yeah, at the end of the movie. That whole scene was beyone thrilling. FYI - don't p*** off Aragorn.
And I really felt sorry for Frodo. It seems everybody wants to kill him for some reason. He gets beat up, stabbed, almost eaten/drowned, chased, grabbed, shot at, run over....and this poor guy has two movies to go!
As for it following the books....no film can exactly duplicate a book. So if you're going to have a hang up over it then you'd better get over it. Judge the film on it's own.