The Bar Has Been Raised...

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

With so much Hollywood trash coming out on a weekly basis, I have come to dread going to the movies. I used to go every week and now its not even once a month. This movie proves, what without a doubt, what good film is. With so many other filmmakers ruining their films by giving in to the temptation of heavy special effects and little story (*cough* Matrix Revolutions); I am glad to see there is at least one filmmaker left who knows how to create a masterpiece in this day of age.

I consider my self pretty critical when it comes to film. There are very few movies that I would ever consider giving a perfect 10. But I would have to say this is one of them. Now that I have seen what film can be, I feel I have raised the bar and will find it difficult to enjoy anything new to come.
IÕm not going to get into all the elements that made this great, I donÕt feel like writing something that long. But all I can say is that if Peter Jackson, and the rest of his brilliant team, does not get an Oscar for this, something is very wrong- but then again, I stopped watching the Oscars years ago.