Incredible

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2001)

I am a huge fan of everything Middle Earth. I must say Peter Jackson has done an incredible job bringing TLOTR to the big screen. People are complaining about character development, changes made to the story, what do you expect? It's a movie, not a novel! Anytime a book is adapted to a screenplay (especially one as descriptive and in-depth), you will have changes. The way a story is told visually is completely different then the way a story is told through words alone. The other thing that bothers me is everyone complaining about certain character traits, the beauty of reading a book is coming to your own conclusions about the characters. Certain people are far to narrow minded to think that their interpretation of Tolkien's words is the way it should be and Peter Jackson is wrong.... pathetic.
Peter Jackson I salute you! You've really done an excellent job. The fight scenes are fantastic, you feel as though you are there (sporadic camera movement and constantly trying to follow what is happening gives a feeling of realism, that style has not been used in many recent films). I love this movie and I highly recommend it to anyone.
One part about the story that did irritate me was the Council of Elrond scene, it was far to brief and should have included the stories of recent events from each of the races the caused the meeting to take place. This would have cleared a few things up, namely the reason why everyone eagerly joins the fellowship. My favorite part was the Mines of Moria battle that starts with the orcs and cave troll and concludes with the Balrog, amazing stuff! An almost Perfect 10!