Perfection

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2005)

The greatest movie of our time. Where to start? The story is perfectly realised through Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens' script, which is perfectly attuned to what Middle- Earth would be like. All moments, from epic battle scene, the best ever put to film, to the most human moments that can be. Theodens' death is handled with such care, Jacksn never allows sentimentality. Well maybe a little in the end where we are saying goodbye to everyone that we've spent 3 years with. Howard Shore's score crescendos at all the right times, and never overbears the visual feast that is being presented. All the performances are perfect, well deserved of the SAG Awards. Even Liv Tyler is good! But the whole movie would not work unless we believe in this place of mythical creatures and epic scenes of grandeur. And Jackson makes us. Instead of approaching this as a fantasy film, as any other director would have, he approached this as a human story with a fantastical backdrop. And this works only in its' favour. THank Peter Jackson. Thank you.