It was a Big Task...

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2003)

Wow, just back from it yesterday and I must say that Peter and his crew wrapped up a Big Task pretty ok. It was nice to surprize us with the complexity of the fellowship (with some big changes to the book), very difficult to bridge the first and third movie (...book...) with the amount of action Peter showed and the changes in the storylines compared to the book.
But then the third: full action, emotion, and I swear almost true to the book. The thing that pleased me the most is that he took the true nature of the book and let us feel that in this movie. The despair of war, the uglyness of it, the greed for power (in the steward and in wanting the Ring) and the beauty of what life is.
Even without the destruction of the Shire (although in the book it did wrap up Saruman's story pretty nicely, and gave the hobbits a hero's welcome...) and even without the healing of Frodo. Peter and his crew showed it as close as possible. Impressing good ending to a 10+ hour movie!!!

Love to see the Hobbit now!!!