3 hours of pure bliss!

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2001)

Peter Jackson has done it! I wish the other two movies were ready and in theaters! I'm a really harsh critic of computer-generated effects - every time I notice how bad they are, it pulls me right out of the movie - but they were imperceptible for 98% of this film, and nearly so for the other 2%. The novel was fresh in my mind when I trekked to the theater this morning, and the film did it justice!