One book to rule them all

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2001)

So, how long did it take for me to understand that I am irrevocably in love with the film? Let me see... two seconds.
OK, I read the book for the first time when I was nine, which was twenty years before I saw the first part of this trilogy. It had a tremendous impact on me: for nearly fifteen years I thought it must be the greatest book ever written. That kind of thinking has to leave its marks, even after another book (and yet another after that) claimed the title.
Still, after the lights went out and the text "Lord of the Rings" was projected on the screen, I could not stop trembling. I know it is a silly thing for a grown up man to be so moved by a simple text on a wall. That was, however, the moment when I understood that no matter what, I was going to love the movie.
It is one of the reasons why I gave this movie a 10. Other reasons have already been listed here, but for me personally, the most significant single factor is the love for the book. It must be one of the greatest adventure stories ever told, and I will (hopefully) never grow too old to read it once again and enjoy it as much as I did the first time.
This movie does justice to the book; it could not have been done better.