i'll keep this short. [SPOILER FREE]

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2002)

look i love movies, i watch tons of films, i even someday hope to be in some way responsible for making films.. i'd like to think i know a good film from a bad film. I've seen LOTR 6 times within a month of it coming out... and don't think that's common for me... i've NEVER watched a film so many times and within such a short space of time! I rarely watch a film more than once by myself!!!
I've read the books as well as 'The Hobbit' etc.. so i would call myself a mini-fan, and i simply can't fault the adaptation, and i feel sorry for those who do... because they're missing the picture.
It's a film that deserves as much praise as can be given... and for those who disagree, i really do feel sorry, because if you could experience even half of why i love this film and Tolkein's world so much, then you'd feel that feeling of contentment only a man made piece of fiction can do to you.

This is one of those films that will go down in cinema history!!!
150% praise to Peter Jackson, New Line and all the other hard working souls who made this film possible... but curses to them for making us wait too long for the next two films!!!! :D