A genuine masterpiece - the best movie ever

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2001)

When I left the cinema I felt a bid sad, because I think it is unlikely that I will ever experience the same thing again. The feeling that this was it, this was by best cinema experience ever, distracted me from the joy I was feeling about the film.
Peter Jackson should be knighted by the English queen for this piece. To take such a masterpiece as novel The Lord of The Rings and transfer it to such a masterpiece as the movie The Lord of the Rings.... I lack words to describe it.... Jackson has made Middle Earth real. It is there, just in front of you, and it looks even better than you have ever imagined. The elvish beauty of Rivendell, the horrors of Moria, the evil of the ringwraiths... on screen, better even than my own imagination... I am awed. Thank you, Peter Jackson. If the other two films are half this good, they will still be on my top-ten list.
I am also amazed at how widely this film has been accepted. That fantasy fans such as myself would be thrilled was almost expected, having seen the trailers etc. but that the public would like it this much is simply amazing.
I think that the Godfather has been #1 on the Top 250 list since IMDB was created basically, but this movie goes straight to the top.
If Peter Jackson does not get an Oscar for this one, no-one should ever get an Oscar for anything...
An amazing film that lived up to my expectations which were enormously high. I don't know what more to say. See it!
Thank you, Peter Jackson. Thank you for giving me this piece of art! And thank you, god, for letting me be alive when it was released!