A long book, only a 3 hour movie...

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2001)

I have read a few of the other reviews for this movie, and I am astounded at how fast people ran home to their computers to trash this movie. I am thinking that there are a few who were convinced that there was no way that the movie was going to live up to the book.
Well, they were definatly right. There is no way that it is possible for the movie to live up to the book.
BUT...
I found that the movie did a heck of a job trying to stay with the vision that the book tried to provide. The visuals were spectacular. The views of the beautiful and virgin landscape was amazing. And that is what I have always loved about the Lord of the Rings books. The brilliant descriptions (albeit it some long).
Even if you did not read the books, you know how the story is going to end. All stories pretty well end up the same way. Good guys face impossible odds, yet SOMEHOW manage to pull it all off. Yeah, lets all celebrate and go home. But the sets, the characters, it was amazing watching it all come to life. And I cannot wait till I get to see it again.

And as for all those people complaining about a long movie. Let us remember that the best movies tend to be that long. Godfather (1,2 and 3) Titanic, Braveheart, Pearl Harbour... It is not so bad if it were not for the 45 minutes of comercials and trailers at the front of the movie. ANd I am lucky, I am the projectionist in a small town, I put in an intermission :)
So to those who love movies like I do for more then the obviouse, please see this movie for what it is. A great tribute to one of the best literary masterpieces ever written.