Definitely on my top ten list...

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2001)

I saw the LOTR at the first chance I had. I tried to some how find a way to sneak into an early press release, but I had no luck. I'll admit, I fell into all the hype...but when a big movie like this comes along every now and then, it's almost unhelpable. Sadly, 9/10 of those big budget hypes are misses, but I assure you this one is a hit.
I read up all I could on this movie, starting with the books. I had already endured the burden of not reading them before, and after I did so I felt pretty lousy because I had missed out on so much. Then after a whole year of waiting, my time finally came.
I was blown away by this movie. I like to think of myself as kind of a movie person...I watch a lot of stuff and I work at a video store, so I'm well versed. From the first five minutes I had already been entranced by this movie. It has all the right ingredients to take it strait to the top. When I finally left the theatre 3 hours later, I wanted to hop in line and see it again. Unfortunately, I had to go to work...but I will soon return.

I would strongly urge anybody who hasn't seen this movie to do so if you have the time. During the christmas break when you go and have to choose between LOTR, Oceans 11, Vanilla Sky, Ali, or Jimmy Neutron for your kids...I promise you that this one will shine above the others.