Glorious! Glorious! Glorious!

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2001)

As a huge fan of the books since I was 13, having read them many times, I was very worried that the films would not live up to my hopes, which were at best to do the books justice, if not be a perfect recreation (which might not make a great film from a cinematic point of view). Well, the movie is not a perfect recreation of the books, but what we do get is a glorious adaptation, sumptuous to look at and so exciting the near 3 hour runtime felt like but 1.
Jackson has done Tolkien's vision proud, I think.

PL