Seeing is believing

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2001)

Oh god, where can I start. First of all, I'd like to say to those who have not seen the movie yet : "Gosh, people - why don't you go and see the movie? You'll love it!" And second of all, I'd like to say I love this movie and think it is the one. One to rule them all.
I have liked Tolkien always, and when I heard that it is coming to the screens, I couldn't help feeling anxious. For instance, Harry Potter, I think cheesy, despite the special effects, graphics, and most of all the original book. What is people going to say about the Lord of the Rings? My worries have left me the moment I stepped into the cinema - okay, that was a bit of exaggerating, maybe after about 3 minutes.
It is visually perfect; I have to say New Zealand is a very pretty country to start with, and all the special effects are just wonderful, just beautiful - perhaps except the Orcs whom I imagine to be a little different but the other images are so superior that I hardly care about them.
The casting was great too. The actors and actresses faithfully played their parts and they were real, very real. Especially I'd like to say Gimli played the part very well, considering how he was hardly in the movie.
I'll skip all the characters and storyline and stuff - it would be a spoiler. But if you ask me which is better, the book or the movie, I'd say, more or less they were alike. It is impossible to compare a movie to the book and say which is better - I liked the book, and I liked the movie also. Both of them are near perfection and if you don't believe me, see for yourself! Seeing is believing you know.