when you wish upon a star...

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2003)

I have been a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien since i read the three books the first time at age 9. I had seen the Ralph Bakshi cartoon version years earlier, so I was very excited when i sat down in the cinema seat at the night of the Premiere. Three and a half hour later, I were more happy than I can remember I have ever been before. It was like flying the clouds. My deepest dream had come true. This movie is a pure masterpiece, written by the father of fantasy, Tolkien and directed by the remarkable perfectionist Peter Jackson. WETA Workshop created, in my eyes, the best special effects in the history of Cinema. The actors really just laid their life into their characters. Which means it´s very autistic. Especially Ian McKellen is no less than a genius in the role of Gandalf. I could not imagine any better person. It´s like he has always been Gandalf. So all-around this movie is (almost) indescribable good. And the small annoying moments (Tom Bombadil and the Old Forest), was completely forgotten when I left the cinema.
But the best of it all, was when I saw the last movie of the trilogy yesterday, this movie became even better. Each of the movies are masterpieces, but combined they are perfect. So now I just hope that someone will take monstrous challenge Silmarilion to the cinema. But the impossible has habben once, why not twice.