A masterful movie, as good as the book.

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2001)

it's just beautiful. whereas the book's got some really wonderful passages, i do think they're surpassed by mr jackson's perfect scenography. what else can i say? three hours weren't long enough for such a powerful translation. since almost all i've got to say is compliments, i'll just mention the few things i didn't like:
-merry and pippin were reduced to comic relieve, specially pippin became an idiot.
-the final cut did look a bit rushed. i appreciatted that in the prologue (the last alliance battle was a bit too shadowy to my taste) and in the gap between bree and rivendell.
-i think the balrog was best introduced in the book. not that i complain about the even_the_goblins_got_scared introduction, but in the book it had a mistery element around who broke gandalf's spell and nearly destroyed him. and i loved gandalf's final helplessness, "and i'm already weary".
i can't think of anything else even remotely negative to say. i was fascinated by the evil nature of the ring and the "presence" of sauron throughout the entire film, as well as the effective use of flashbacks.
mr jackson, you're my new hero.