I think this is just the best film I've ever seen. Period.

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2002)

What can I say? Wow. Many big films in recent years I have kept expectations down, and therefore was able to enjoy them for what they were (i.e. Episode I). This one, I couldn't do it. I had heard such great things that I had my expectations well up. It met and blew the doors off them. I really wasn't too sure about some of the computer effects that I had heard about, but they were all (or almost all) seamless. The acting was incredible (Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee, obviously, but the others were also very good), as was the casting. In fact, it may sound like gushing, but I can't think of a facet of the movie that I wasn't impressed with. Can't wait to see Part 2 and 3. I just hope one of them, at least, bypasses Titanic for total sales. It certainly deserves it. The level of devotion to their trade obvious in all involved surpasses any I've seen before.