Fantasy at It's Best

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2005)

When I got out of college, books of fantasy were what my friends and I were fascinated with. The number one book was JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit. We read and discussed this book as well as the Trilogy over coffee and tea, arguing and challenging one another about the truth of the story.
Fast forward 30 years and word came out that a movie, or actually a trilogy of movies about the books would be coming out. Excitement increased as the time for the first movie to be unveiled. My husband could hardly wait for this, he was such a Tolkien fan, he named his dog, Frodo.
Would the movie do justice to the book? Would it stay true to the story? In my opinion, it not only did both, but enhanced my vision of how the story should be told.
The characters were more real, the scenery incredibly vivid. The only problem I had with the movies was how strong the images of the nasty creatures were. I wanted to go back to the cozy hobbit holes in the Shire.
While my husband enjoyed all three movies, I found I liked the first one better than the second. But when the third one came out, I was in tears at the end. The emotions I felt surprised me.
Peter Jackson accomplished something everyone said could never happen.. translating Tolkien's world of Middle Earth on to film. What was a dream world became reality.