10/10 for people who haven't read the books, 9,5/10 for people who have read them!

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2001)

Well, this was the movie I was waiting for this year and, it's fantastic. I do have to say that if you've read the books (I read them twice) like I did, you will discover a couple of minor flaws in the movie:
1) The journey from The Shire to Rivendel went on too fast. They got to Bree too quickly, I missed Tom Bombadill and "his" forrest, not even a short explanation was given to the three cave trolls that were turned to stone in one short scene in the film, Arwen's introduction and rescue of Frodo. The movie would have been like three hours and fifteen minutes if they would have included these things, maybe the DvD will solve this problem. 2) Some special effect shots weren't very well done. A couple of times you could see clearly that some members of the fellowship were computeranimated. The highpoint was when the fellowship got out of the mines of Moria, it seemed as if the members of the fellowship were walking above the rocky ground. 3) The "hostile" relationship between Gimli and Legolas wasn't really explained. Gimli just said some hatefull things about elves and at the end of the movie he suddenly is befriended with Legolas. I hope the second movie will show some answers to this. 4) The Lothorien scene was a little too short. 5) I know the books tell about great wars and there are a couple of heavy battles between the fellowship and the crazy Orcs. But, I had the feeling that some of the fights were a bit over the top and that they were a bit more important than the actual story.
All in all, these minor points can't make me dislike the movie. It was excellent. The three hours were over before I knew it. I can't wait for the next installment!