2nd best movie of 2001

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2002)

Lord of the Rings is certainly the best movie in theaters right now (with its only competition being Beautiful Mind) but I would certainly not put it on my "best movies of all time" list. It was a decent movie but not even close to as compelling as The Godfather, Shawshank, or Memento. It wasn't as fun to watch as Star Wars or Indiana Jones. Its certainly worth a watch in theaters but in terms of looking at it with all other movies, I would say it was the 2nd best movie of 2001, well behind Memento.