it's a FANTASY movie

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2001)

To everyone :
there are those who have read the books and those who haven't... and I think it makes no difference in which category you are
Because, I have spoken to people who've read it and weren't pleased with the movie at all; I have also spoken to people who didn't read the book and thought it was a wonderful movie!
I have read a great number of reviews here, and what bothers me most is that some people compare it to Schindler's List and Casablanca and other stuff (just because it's #1 on this moment)
Please, do not compare this movie to any of these...first of all , it's fantasy and if you don't like fantasy, then don't go see it ! Second, i must admit, i've read the books, and The Hobbit and The Silmarillion,...
So I was disappointed in some changes, but not in the movie as a movie ! To be honest, there are 2 top movies for me this year: Amélie & FoTR !! Why ? Because I think them to be the most 'beautiful' movies, off course, memento was good and stunning...and requiem for a dream was touching !
But to be 'beautiful', well I must say, FoTR is !
There aren't often movies when you see EVERYONE 'in character', this one is.
There aren't often movies when the sceneries are so well-detailed, this one has.
There aren't often movies i go to see more than twice in a theatre, this one does.
The only thing i'm sorry about is that it only lasts 3 hours..., there's no doubt in my mind that the movie would even be MORE beautiful if it had been longer (and that would also cure the critics who now say it jumps from 'scene to scene').