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Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2001)

The three hours I sat through FOTR was the shortest ever experienced. When the end credits rolled, I wanted more, because the adventure had really just begun. The most amazing thing was no one in the audience said a word once the prologue began, and I was surrounded by kids (It was the 2:45 matinee). The experience was just absolutely off the scale. I felt like the 17-year-old that I was, watching Star Wars for the first time, back in 1977. I praise and revile Peter Jackson for giving us such an amazing cinematic experience, then have us wait two years to see through the completion of this epic.