Awe inspiring cinematic wonderment

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2003)

Wow. I went last night, stood in line for six hours and finally, at 12:05, the movie started. At first, I was surprised that they started with the smeagol/deagol thing, I wasn't sure how I felt, but as it progressed, showing the deterioration of Smeagol to Gollum, it made so much sense, it was amazing. The whole film was just so...for lack of a better word...amazing. I loved how it focused so much on the characters, the actors did an incredible job. three words regarding billy boyd's performance: Best Supporting Actor. (lovely singing voice too...not a eunuch is he?)
I cried five six..okay maybe eight times. Sam, Pippin, Frodo, Eowyn, all moved me to tears. My favorite thing was that every character had their own moment of bravery, a moment where they had to leave their comfort zone and lay everything down for the cause. more tears. There were teenage boys behind me balling their eyes out by the end. all in all. Touching, sad, funny (but not in a forced way) epic, solid.

10/10