simply one of the best movies of our times

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2002)

LOTR: The Fellowship... is a work of art. It´s true, it is a super-high budget production made for all audiences, but it´s also a work of love done by one of the geniuses of modern cinema: of course, i´m talking about mr. Peter Jackson, a director whose versatility has been proved through his work. If you´re a true cinema lover and you want to watch something "different", then watch his other masterpieces: Braindead, Bad Taste, Meet the feebles and the more "popular" Heavenly Creatures. Also, you have to know that the novel is undoubtly better than the movie, because it´s more complete, things are explained in a deeper way and the characters development is also better written. After all, we´re talking about a book that has more than 1.200 pages. Considering this, we should recognize the great work done in the movie, because even though there are complete narrative lines missing, we are still able to see the essence of the novel, and all the important elements are there. This elements were taken seriously by the people who worked in the movie, so we can see a mature ouvre, which is really inspirational and detailed in every sense.
Finally, I have to say that this movie is an example of how fantasy movies should be like (watch and learn mr. Columbus and the others that want to go on with a fantasy story). From now on, LOTR will be the model for all the movies in the genre to come, and it also will be THE TRILOGY of the XXIst century. Cheers to you Peter