Really excellent

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2002)

There is little praise that I can give to this film that has not already been said by others but it truly is one of the best fantasy films to date and a very good movie as well.
Unlike some others I do not feel that you must have read the book in order to understand the film, I saw it with five others of which three had not read the book and everyone liked the film.
Another common mistake is the "no ending" complaint, the Lord of the Rings is not really a trilogy of novels but rather one book that was cut up in three parts by the publisher as they felt that one 1000+ pages book was too long. There are no real "endings" in the first and second books because Tolkien wrote it as one book. So this film is essentially one third of the story and as such there can not be an true ending until the third film.
In closing this is a great film and one that grows with repeated viewings and I look forward to the next films.
Charles