Breathtaking

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2002)

Die hard fans of the Tolkien books have torn apart this movie. All the comments are the same: DISGRACE TO TOLKIEN!!!, or NEVER HOW IT SHOULD'VE BEEN MADE!!! Please, stop!!!!! I've read the books many times, and sure, there are differences, but a movie that completely copies the reading material will utterly bore people to death. This was the best movie of 2001 and one of my all-time favorite adventure movies. And I don't care what anyone says, Peter Jackson captures the essence of the book better than anyone else could've ever dreamed. Nit-picky fans: YOU try to make a movie with more passion, excitement, adventure, and feeling! You know, I respect fans that don't think it fit with their vision of Middle-Earth, but come on!!! IT'S SO WRONG TO COMPARE A MOVIE TO THE BOOK IT'S BASED ON!!! Judge the movie on it's own!!! Oh well, people hating the movie based on book comparisons are at least better than when people complain: "That ending was so abrupt!" That annoys me to no end more than anything else.
Final Note: Anyone that would rather enjoy a movie for what it is on its own than nit-pick it to death for its differences to a book will love this brilliant movie. 10/10