Overwhelming...superb...unbelieveable...great.

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2001)

I admit that i never was a that big fan of the lord of the rings, but when i heard that it comes to screen, i was quite excited. I got even more excited as i heard about the director and the cast. It really got me when i saw the first teaser and i was quite sure to see a good movie soon. Then came the trailer and i was quite sure to see a very good movie. After last week and the first critics i tried to calm down a bit and do not expect too much from this movie. Today finally i saw it as one of the first few thousands that filled the cinemas on the opening day at 12.05am and all i can say about it is that it is even more than i ever dared to expect, more than i ever dreamt of, a movie that can only described as perfect. Well, to explain why i feel like this, i try to reverse it and ask myself what i found not that good on the movie. Even the movies i like best have some things to be unsatisfied with, like the glowing umbrella sticks in Blade Runner. Well, i tried hard to find something i dislike ... i found nothing. If it is the actors, the art of direction, the music or the special fx, there is just nothing to complain. It is just a 3 hour wonderful journey (actually you don't even notice that it is 3 hours) with all you or better Tolkien has imagined. It is simply overwhelming...superb...unbelieveable...great. In my opinion just superlatives are worth to describe it. Take a look for yourself!