Perhaps the greatest story ever told becomes one of the greatest films ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2002)

Peter Jackson's vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring may in fact be one of the greatest feats in modern film. Not only is this film remarkable for its story telling and amazing (Oscar winning) special effects, but the acting and directing take the reader into middle earth to become part of an epic journey for 9 unlikely heros. If you have not seen this movie, go see it; if you do not own it, go buy it. This film may never be topped, that is until the next chapter, The Two Towers, proves us all wrong. Sorry Ron Howard, but this was the best picture of 2001.