The Best Book-to-Film port ever.

Rating: Null/10 (14 November 2003)

I read The Lord of the Rings once every year since I was 12. I know a lot of the history of the characters and locations in the book. Peter Jackson had created 3 movies that can stand the test of time. 40 years from now people will look at these movies as the people of today look at Citizen Kane. The dialogue, acting, score, CGI, everything in this film is spectacular. The speeches by the characters, the long battle sequences never get boring or repeatative. Haveing read the books many times I would pick up on the changes that Peter Jackson made. He didnt make that many but all the changes he made I understand why, especially why he decided to save the reforging of Narsil until Return of the King. It makes sense since Aragorn is going into the greatest battle of his time. The Fellowship follows the books very well, cutting out some of the fluff and putting the story into a fast-paced action/fantasy adventure. In the books Tolkien describes the locations and surroundings in great detail. Jackson definately has used this to his advantage. Everything that Tolkien has described in the books are there on the screen.
The cast lives up to the expectation. Especially Viggo (Aragorn). The people who have seen the trailer for Return of the King you know what i mean. His speech just as they enter the black gates gives me goosebumbs. Sean Austin (Samwise) gives a very heart filled performance with his speech at the end of the Two Towers at Osgilith. The Fellowship has great battle sequences (Balins Tomb) superb acting (Frodo and Sams very compasionate friendship) and most of all it keeps you wanting more and more, even if you havent heard of the books.
Its one of the best movies of all time. I give it a 10/10