Worth waiting a lifetime for

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2001)

I was totally knocked out by this movie! The cinematography was breathtaking, the fidelity to the plot much, much better than I could have hoped for (yes, yes, I know Arwin didn't do all that in the book, and Tom Bombadil would have been fun to see, but how long would that have made it?), the special effects were beyond belief! I went to see it in the afternoon on opening day, and wound up stuck in the second row. I am looking forward to seeing it again when I can have the whole screen in focus. Even with that said, this is definitely the movie I've been waiting for since I first read the trilogy thirty years ago. Eleven out of ten.