Could the book have been adapted any better? No!

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2002)

Before I saw this film I made sure to read the books over again from The Hobbit through The Return of the King b/c I wanted one last chance to fix my own mental images of the places and characters before Elijah Wood and Liv Tyler were permanently etched in my mind. I need not have worried b/c everything in this film looks perfect. I honestly believe that a better adaptation could not possibly have been done. I cannot imagine how any fan of the books could fail to love this movie.