Brilliant in every way

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2002)

[Contains SPOILERS!]
After all the hype, I had almost decided not to see The Fellowship of the Ring at the cinema. I was tired of hearing about the film, and I had been tired of it for quite a while. Since I'm writing this comment today, I obviously went to the cinema anyway... and I must tell you that I'm very glad I did. The Fellowship of the Ring was a brilliant film. Great action sequences, great bad guys (Saruman, the different warrior 'species'), a fantastic and fascinating story. It's at least ten years since I read The Lord of the Rings so I was quite surprised that e.g. Boromir died. The cast is also great and it wouldn't be fair to mention just a few when all of them were so good. I can't wait a year for the sequel! (8-9/10)