Amazing. A Masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (5 June 2004)

I was so happy when I saw this. It is proof that Hollywood can spend huge budgets and not always produce bad movies! They need to hire a director who's not from Hollywood, but they can still do it!
This is a great adaptation of the first book of the LOTR trilogy with not too much deviation. The cinematography and sets are particularly amazing. They truly capture Tolkien's rich language and vivid detail from the book. All the lush visuals are beautifully rendered in what is one of the few good uses of extensive CGI.
The non-CGI elements like the costumes and music are also breathtaking. The people who worked on this worked their butts off many times and they deserve all the praise they have gotten and will surely receive for the rest of their careers in film. 10/10