One Word: Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2001)

I'm sure that, by now, there are already thousands of personal and professional reviews for FoTR floating around on the 'net. In fact, chances are pretty slim that you're actually reading this one. So I'll be extremely brief:
Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring is virtually flawless. It will certainly please long time fans of the books and newcomers alike. Even where it deviates from Tolkien's original work, it does so with both style and grace. The casting, music, direction, special effects... everything is 100% perfect.
Some people might be put off by the length of the film... don't be. Yes, at nearly 3 hours, it's one of the longest films to come along in a while. But when the film started to fade to black, and the ending credits began to roll, there was a universal sigh throughout the theater: Everyone desperately wanted it to go on longer. This movie alone will put Peter Jackson on the map as a landmark director.