Hard to describe the joy....

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2001)

Briefly, it seems to be a near impossible job to convert Tolkein to the screen. Reading the Tolkein novels is an intensely personal experience that I'd recommend to all. After that, I'd recommend the Jackson film. Jackson has deftly avoided nearly all of the potential traps could have sunk such a movie. In a sentence, it FEELS like Middle Earth!