Whoa!

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2003)

I had wanted to see this in theater, but due to financial troubles had to wait and rent the dvd. I had not read the book yet, and was totally blown away when I finally saw it. The acting was marvelous, the effects spectacular and the storyline supurb. I immediately bought the novel. If you haven't seen this, don't expect a page-for-page adaptation. Bombadil has been taken out, and so has the dinner with Farmer Maggot. Better off without them though, as it would have hampered the storyline. The one fault: It should have not gone into the second novel. The ending was depressing, and I was dissapointed with the way it happened. over all, *** out of ****.