My New Favorite Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2001)

Most movies cram all their best scenes into their trailers, leaving a flat taste of unfulfillment in your mouth after you've gone to see supposed masterpieces. The Fellowship of the Ring, on the other hand, was one surprise after another in just how good it could get.
Having read the book, I have to say this movie surpassed my imagination in its breathtaking scenery and larger than life characters; it was beyond epic. This movie, without compromising the book, has managed to breathe even more life and pack more excitement into it. My husband and I were on the edge of our seats in a way we haven't been since The Sixth Sense. The entire crowded theater laughed, gasped, and actually clapped in a few places. When a movie garners that much audience participation, it's going to be a classic.
What stays with me still, hours after watching it, is the vast, incomprehensible beauty of the movie. The intensity of its awe-inspiring characters. The mystical adventure that lifts you out of yourself and makes you believe that you, too, could live in such a world.
See this movie. See it four or five times while it's in the theater. Without a doubt, this is the best movie I've seen.