Beautiful Work

Rating: Null/10 (9 September 2002)

I fell in love with this movie from the beginning. I had never read the books before hand, except 'The Hobbit' and maybe two chapters in FOTR, but that was pretty much it. My boyfriend was very hyped up to see it, so I decided to go with him. I didn't want to at first, the trailers just showed to me a fighting, bloody, manish type movie, with maybe some pretty women off to the side. I didn't expect such a beautiful movie. The shire scene is what grabbed me first. The music, the landscape, the relationship between Gandalf and Frodo. I had never seen something so beautiful on the big screen. As the movie proceeded, and more characters were introduced, I got more and more intrested. I had cried when Gandalf died, and cried agian when Boromir died. And then cried once more at the end. I had such a connection with the characters, and such an understanding of the world of middle earth, that the story just plain moved me. It was so beautiful. The lighting, the music, the landscape, relationships between characters. It's hard for me to describe, how much I loved this movie. I can't explain it in words. But the movie encouraged me to read the books. I hope that they will do the next one as beautifuly as the first. I have faith in Mr.Jackson and his crew, that they will.