Worth seeing over and over and over again

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2002)

Throughout my movie going experience, I promised myself that I would never see a movie more than once in the movie theater. I always thought it would be a waste of money. Well, consider my promise broken. I've already seen The Lord of the Rings two times and plan to see it once more on the big screen. The special effects are worth the trip alone, but the acting, make up, sound effects, cinematography and everything else in the movie make it a masterpiece worth seeing over and over again to make sure you didn't just dream it up. I'm a big fan of Tolkien's books and I believe this movie was an excellent adaptation of the greatest fantasy tale ever told. I've read many of the comments online and I was quite upset at how many cynics there really are. Of course the movie is not going to be EXACTLY like the book. If it was, it would be 9 hours long instead of 3, and trust me, after 2 and a half hours, the whole theater was stretching and moving around a lot. In my opinion, the first part of the book (the part where they're walking to Rivendell) was a blur to me. It was mostly talk and walk, not much action or significance to the big story. I'm really not too upset that part was missing from the movie. Overall, I thought they followed the plot very well. The only aspect of the movie I didn't agree with entirely was the Arwen/Aragorn love story. But, I was disappointed with the lack of heroines in the book so it was a good move by Peter Jackson to put her in the storyline. I don't believe she should have a love affair with Aragorn though. Not needed, shouldn't be there. Elijah Wood, Ian McKlellan, Sean Astin all did an excellent job in this movie. This isn't another Star Wars where the acting is mediocre at best (besides the legendary Sir Alec Guinness). This is the Star Wars for our generation. And I'd have to say, that it's more dramatic than that trilogy. The scene in the Mines of Moria where they're crossing the bridge was the most overwhelming scene in a movie I've ever witnessed. It absolutely took my breath away. See this movie, don't miss out on the epic film classic of our time. In fact, do like I did. See it a couple times. It's worth the money.