Fantastic! My precioussss!

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2001)

As a very lucky reviewer it was great to watch this probably most highly anticipated movie ever. In three hours we get to see a very impressive look at what Middle earth must look like. Peter Jackson has done an incredible job of bringing to the screen the emotions I had felt while reading the book. The characters may or may not be what you've imagined, but they really look fantastic for LOTR-fans as well as movie-fanatics. There are, in my opinion, no essential parts of the book missing on screen and that must have been hard to do, since the book is very descriptive. People who have not read the book might be at a slight disadvantage while watching the film, but all the more reason to read the book as well. It will only deepen the characters even more for them, but even without that the film will be great to watch too. The movie leaves the audience with the desire to see the other movies and after watching a three hour movie that has to be a great compliment to all concerned. Great scenes, excellent acting, powerful music. No adaption of LOTR could have been better.