A landmark film!

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 2001)

Made with passion, intelligence, imagination and skill - this IS a landmark film. The acting is superb, especially for a film of this genre. I think this is the first time since the original Star Wars trilogy that I have found the main characters to be so compelling and this is the reason why the film works so well. It was always going to be near impossible to include every aspect of the book and I think Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson have written a very courageous screenplay.
FOTR features a lot of computer-generated effects, but they have been used in such a way that they do not distract the audience from the main storyline. I do feel however, that the greatest visual effect' was created by the New Zealand landscape itself. The makeup is very good  the Orcs' and Uruk-hai' are genuinely terrifying. Howard Shore's score is also very effective.
If parts II and III are even half as good as this one then I think the LOTR trilogy will surpass even the original Star Wars films in terms of achievement. Roll on Christmas 2002.
Rating: 9/10.