Excitement All the Way (nb. may contain spoilers)

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is quite simply a great movie. It relates to the book by J.R.R. Tolkien very well and some of the characters, like Gandalf, are almost exactly the way I imagined them to be. The length of the movie is fine as well.
There is lots of excitement and tension in the movie, as well as a lot of fighting scenes. It also explains the story very well, with the making of the ring etc. This makes it enjoyable to watch.
There is some problems with the movie I think. For example, how Arwen takes Frodo to Rivendell is totally different to the book, and also how she makes the flood, instead of Gandalf and Elrond. Apart from this, the differences between the movie and the novel don't really bother me, as it would have made the movie too long to have things like Tom Bombadil and the elves in the Shire in it.
All up, the movie is really enjoyable to watch and I am eagerly anticipating the release of The Two Towers in December '02.