WOW! Great! Goose bumps on goose bumps!

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

WOW what an experience. From the moment the New Line Cinema logo comes on followed by the Lord Of The Rings title to that great intro music that accompanies it the hairs on the back of my neck were standing on end. I was brimming with anticipation and excitement, my clapping and cheering were met at first with laughter but then everyone started to join in. I had eagerly awaited this moment since the Fellowship of the Ring and we were all in for the greatest cinematic experience of our lives, one that we will never forget.
All went quiet and the movie began. I was like a child opening my presents on Christmas morning I was so excited, and this feeling never left me for the entire film. Shivers ran down my spine, even the goose bumps all over my body had goose bumps. I found I was unable to stop myself from crying like a baby, laughing and cheering with joy, sadness and pride as well as sighing with relief. I cannot remember ever feeling this way in a cinema before.
The 3 1/2 hours or so that it was on went by like the blink of an eye, now the movie had come to an end I felt sad that it was all over but extremely overwhelmed by how amazingly brilliant this was and how much I enjoyed it. I will definitely be buying the extended DVD to join my other two special editions and enjoy this trilogy over and over again for ever more. But until then I will continue wearing my shorts even in the cold, as I did on this occasion when I saw this first showing, and see it several more times in the cinema and love it as much as I did this first time I saw it. I just can't wait to see what Peter Jackson will treat us to in the extended edition of Return of the King, and I look forward to the Lord Of The Rings exhibition in London.
I guarantee that this will be talked about for many many years to come and will grow in our hearts to become the greatest piece of film ever made!!!