Slightly Flawed, but Amazingly Engrossing

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2003)

Yes, there are some flaws. See above. But given what was achieved here, and the great difficulty of bringing this to screen at all, I think we can safely say that this was a stupendous, amazing, and wonderful movie that was completely satisfying. I am, though, looking forward to the extended DVD in a year, to see the final scenes with Saruman and some more that unfortunately had to be cut out. But look, to really have left everything in would have been more like 3 4+ hour movies, which just wouldn't have been viable. Ultimately, I am very happy with this, and feel that this movie should definitely win the Best Picture Oscar.