Absorbing, Fantastic Adaptation of the Book

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2001)

I went to see FOTR with the expectations that it must have been hard to translate Tolkien's masterpiece into a major cinematic experience. So what Peter Jackson did was incredible. His adaptation of Tolkien was crisp, he focused on the key points of the story, which in essence was Frodo's journey to Mordor to destroy the ring without losing too much in dispensing of some situations and characters. Totally following the book would have rendered a 3-hour movie impossible and would have been saddled with parts that would not have appealed to those who have not read the books.
The three hours passed pretty fast - without any reservations, the first cinematic adaptation of Tolkien's masterpiece was totally absorbing, making it the best fantasy epic of all time.