Simply Brilliant!

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

Peter Jackson has restored my faith in filmmaking once again, and has officially removed George Lucas from my memory :)
While I could nitpick about a few minor issues of choice in his final editing for the movie, the "Epic" battle scenes and closure to this grand literary work more then make up for it.
I sat through all three movies at the all-day "geek fest" so I could soak them all in to get a sense of scope for the movies. As a student of film, I had minor issues with some of his choices, but the fact that he made me love my cinematic experience again was shades of Lucas 77' when I was 6 years old seeing Star Wars for the first time.
He deserves an Oscar for director at least, if not also for Picture. If we learned anything from the Annie Hall vs Star Wars issue of 77, then the Academy will allow Peter Jackson to go into the History books with a Trilogy that not only surpasses Star Wars, but that will inevitably become legendary for all-time.