Good if you've read the books, Reasonable if you haven't.

Rating: 6/10 (7 January 2002)

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a good fantasy story with great special effects. However, it is also a third of a complete story, of which I do not know the conclusion. For these reasons I can see why people who have loved the books and know the complete story would love seeing the tale put onto the big screen. But, I am not familiar with the story and have sat through 2 Hrs, 58 Minutes of a reasonable fantasy film which left me feeling let down. For this reason I would suggest that anyone that has not read the books think about if they want to sit through this, not know what happens next or how any of it concludes until the other 2 parts have been released in the distant future.