One movie to place them all!

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2002)

Being a great Tolkien's fan, i was both excited and worried about this movie: nowadays technology allows to create a fantasy world quite easily, but THIS wasn't just a "world": Jackson had to give life to an entire mythology, a place that millions of readers had loved and created with their imaginations. So the question was: could "technology" equal "imagination"? I can say: Yes! The lines are taken directly from the book, or -at least- from the way we remembered them; the costumes are wonderful as well as the attention in the details. Moreover the use of the lights, that define every locations in a different and peculiar way, is amazing! The cast is perfect: Christopher Lee is supreme "Saruman": although his role is "stressed" compared to the book's one, his talent almost needs more time! There are some "goofs", some "personal reading", but who cares? Each movie is an artwork of a director; but I think that Jackson, who is a Tolkien readers (and that is clear: the movie is full of details - from the runes on Bilbo's sword, to the three stone ogre, almost invisible in the halo of the fire), has done a great job: not only a wonderful movie, enjoyable from everyone, but also a great and respectful version of "The greatest book of XX century".