Adequate rendition of Tolkien´s Masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2001)

J.R.R. Tolkien´s "Lord of the Rings" is the Grandmother of all classic fantasy - generations of role playing gamers would confirm this. It was said a long time that it is not possible to make a movie out of Tolkien´s 1200p-novel. But in my opinion Peter Jackson succeeded in doing this. Of course there are some details missing - but these are details which are in principle not that important for the story per se. Hardcore fans perhaps wouldn´t like these slight changes, but I felt comfortable with them. LOTR:TFOTR is thrilling, has well-made action scenes and SFX, does not lack some humor, has well-playing actors and is a nice movie even for them who didn´t read the books. 9/10