The greatest movie that I have had the pleasure of seeing!

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2001)

When I saw the Lord of the Rings, I was astonished with its breath-taking scenary, amazing adaption of the book, and fantastic acting! Yes, perhaps not everything is true precisely to the book. And it's not quite as good as J.R.R Tolkein's immortally epic classic. But could any movie be that good? I should think not. But The Lord of the Rings came pretty darn close. See, I had always disapproved of movies recreated from books. I had not seen one that was as good as a book that is good. For example, I hated Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (another recent release). I found it partially untrue to the book, and though a good movie, not good enough for Harry Potter (as you can probably tell, I'm a pretty big fan of those books.) I think that great books, (like Harry Potter) cannot be made into movies. Yet, immortal books (like the Lord of the Rings) can. The acting (notably the performances of Ian McKellan, more so than any other; and Elijah Wood, surprisingly good) was simply wonderful. It was quite moving. *SPOILER DON'T READ THE NEXT SENTENCE!* *(I felt a lump in my throat when Gandalf fell into the pit, and I felt what Frodo felt; his agony, his suffering.)* If you have not seen this movie, then I highly suggest you should! Maybe you feel that a book this good cannot be made into a decent movie. I felt like that once. And I still do, to some degree. Because of Harry Potter's slight differences from book to movie, I would give that movie about a three on a scale of one to ten. But for the Lord of the Rings, I would give it a ten.