Truly moving film

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2003)

No movie should be allowed to manipulate you like this film does. It does it without guile and without effort. The time seems to fly - there are no dull moments.
Without exception, including the little girl at the end, the acting is superb. It draws you in, and makes you part of the Fellowship. Andy Serkis' performance is unbelievable as Gollum. Gollum just "is" in any scene he was in, and you couldn't tell if he was real or CG during the transition at the beginning of the film. Truly awesome.
I read the negative comments and wonder if these same people would think the Godfather too long, or the horse head scene unnecessarily gross, or if they think Rick Blaine and Ilsa should have got on the plane together at the end of Casablanca and why isn't it in color? These comments are by morons who need to hand in their cinema tickets now. I feel terribly sorry for those who don't have the imagination or wit to see the film and its predecessors for what they are: a masterwork of majestic proportions.
You owe it to yourself to find a decent cinema, like our Gold Class Cinemas here in Australia, which have reclining armchairs and they bring booze and food to you, so that you can recline comfortably and enjoy the film as if you were at home.