Utterly Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2004)

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I must admit that I was a tad nervous when I was waiting in line to see this movie. These are, after all, my favorite books of all time, and I wanted a certain amount of justice to be given to them. I loved FOTR very much, however TTT, while very good, was somewhat altered from the original story line of the book.
Having now watched the film, I am stunned and amazed at the work that Peter Jackson has done with this film. True, there were a couple of alterations, but nothing serious that I could not overlook. Elijah Wood did, IMO, a tremendous job portraying Frodo, and I could really get the sense of the burden that he was bearing. I especially like the way that it appeared, towards the end of the film, that Frodo's neck was bleeding from the weight of the ring. Very nice touch, PJ.
Sean Astin's performance, as Frodo's devoted Sam deserves an oscar nod, and I cried like a baby when Sam began to carry Frodo up the slopes of Mount Doom.
The rest of the characters, were all perfect, and the cast was perfectly chosen. Battle scenes were amazing, and I was literally shaking because of how nervous I got for all the characters that I had loved for so long. That just goes to show how well Peter Jackson did. I read the books, knew there would be a happy ending, and yet my eyes still grew as wide as saucers when the camera pans from Eowyn and Merry over to the Pelennor fields that is swarming with orcs, and I really thought that they might not make it.
Eowyn was truly breath taking and I let out a round of applause with the rest of the audience when she had slain the With-King of Angmar.
If I could, I would commend each and every actor in these films, but I'm afraid I havn't enough space.
Final score: 5 *'s out of 5.