Lord of my Goddamn DVD Player

Rating: Null/10 (19 August 2002)

I'm going to keep this as short as I can because, I really can't say anymore than what's already been said. This movie is simply astounding. Special effects, acting, action sequences, story pace... how the hell can anyone complain? I can accept other people's opinions but if you can't appreciate the love and care that director Peter Jackson has made this film with in regards to the original source, then you are a serious grump, for lack of a better word. For one, there is absolutely no way to make a 100% faithful movie of the books. There is way too much detail and the movie would've clocked in at ten and a half hours. Yeah, I was disappointed that some things were left out but what's important is that the feeling of the book was kept intact. And how can anyone complain when so many tiny details were put into the film that could have easily been left out? Legolas walking on the surface of the snow while the others trudge through it, waist deep? Bill the Pony? Must I go on? All I can say is, at least they allowed someone that has obvious respect for the book to have made a film of it, other than the new director on the block who never knew the book existed in the first place. Tolkien purists, you guys need to relax. This is as good as it's ever going to get and if you can look me straight in the eye and tell me that you don't get chills watching Boromir come running to the aid of Merry and Pippin or watching the entire Mines of Moria sequence or even the prologue showing the path of the One Ring, you're only lying to yourself. Peter Jackson, I salute you. Rating: ***** out of *****.