This movie is why I love the movies!!

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2001)

Now, I cannot lie, I do enjoy most movies you put my way but I do not look at most of these movies as a great passing of my time (in fact, its usually quite opposite.) However, Peter Jackson has done with this book exactly what needed to be done. Never did I think about the movie being too long (unlike a big fave of mine about a sinking ship!) It was perfect in length and not only gave you all the fantastic visuals of this fantasy land but managed to bring you in very close to all the characters, which to me seems hard seeing how there are so many. The casting for this movie is the best I have seen in a movie in a long time. It wasn't about their popularity as an actor but how well the were able to bring life into their roles. Now, I probably should let everyone know, I have never read the books, but I guarantee you that now I will. I have never known a movie to outdo a book, so if that is the case here, the book must be so amazing that words just barely explain it. Bottom line: Two thumbs up, a perfect ten movie, definitely the best movie of the year-hands down!!!