RAM - Random Access Movie

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2001)

We had the privilege to be among the elite of people to have seen the movie as it's never meant to be seen: the reels were in the wrong order and parts of it were missing. Yet it was still a wonderful experience, and we got free tickets to see it again in the correct order. You had to be a complete devotee of the book to understand the random cut of scenes, and many people walked out, leaving us the best seats.
The movie (in correct order) is indeed the best movie ever made, largely based on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, but it proves again nobody can ever make a film out the book. Almost everything in the movie reflects the corresponding scene in the book really well, but the book is so much richer in every sense - especially language and background mythology (no, don't worry, we are not some linguist preachers - we are just scientists who happen to like fantasy). Our advice - don't die before you've both read the book and seen the movie!