One tale touches thousands

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2004)

It's hard to imagine one movie, which would touch so many spectators, turn sceptics into fans, and draw such a wide following across so many different cultures of taste. Jackson's silver screen interpretation of Tolkien's saga has done the impossible and will remain the standard to which others should aspire, especially for a passion-driven film-making. To those of you who haven't seen it - please do, starting with the Fellowship, or -- better yet -- by reading the original trilogy. I will not dwell on the storyline, which I'm sure others have spent plenty of time explaining, instead I will give it a 10 star rating and say: this is the only film in the blinded-by-profit dedcade of "making magic" deserving a perfect score.