The best movie I will ever know

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2008)

I went into the theater not expecting too much more than another action flick, albeit a good one. I came out three hours later totally blown away, the whole movie surprised and moved me deeply and it was my first truly great movie. The third movie may be the best movie, however, for people like me the first will hold a special place in my heart. The beauty of another world created by Peter Jackson and his amazing crew, the way everyone looked, the hobbits, Gandalf with his knotted wizarding staff, Aragon and Boromir with their proud lineage, the elves with their handsome, elegant faces and their calm yet powerful presence. The beauty of all the places transported me into another dimension, the soft green of hobbiton, with the hobbit holes dug into the ground, the long, dark stone of Moria coming out into the beautiful forests of Lothlorien is one of the saddest moments in movie history. The terror of the Balrog, the fiery demon of the ancient world buried deep beneath the earth, bearing a giant fiery sword and whip. The terrifying faces of the orcs and their guttural growls attacking the fellowship. The ending was another one of the saddest moments I've have ever, or will ever see, yet somehow it completed the first and still left me begging for the next. I could go on and on talking about this movie all day, the truth is for me, no matter the faults you may think this movie has, it will always remain perfect for me for everything it did and showed me all the power and glory that movies could do. The wonder they could evoke inside me.