AWESOOMMEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2003)

This movie and Harry Potter were showing at my local cinema on the same night.I had been bamboozled by my nieces and nephew to see HP, however my friend dragged seven of us(whining and muttering about the cost) to see LOTR instead and I came away thanking my stars.
The movie blew us away, what scenery, what acting! what effects. The effects were so real.
Sean Bean's Boromir was tragically human, his change of heart or reversal to sanity(?) in the end when he dies defending Frodo and re-affirming his respect for Aragon is poignant. Mortensen's Aragon is a case in point but his humility is understandable in the light of history. The other characters are rivetting especially Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett. But I give cred to Elijah Wood for an outstanding performance. His Frodo Baggins is strong enough to survive, human enough to stumble and lose his way time and time again, weak enough to draw on our sympathy but brave enough to keep moving realising his mission is the ultimate goal.

The characters do it for me in this classic adventure fest!!!
10/10