The sheer breath of scale & attention to detail astound !!

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2003)

Almost impossible to review this movie without sounding like some tragic geek but
If you don't come away from this movie feeling like you have shared the best cinematic event ever... then please get someone to check you still have a pulse.
Don't listen to all the hype, it is not without some fault but I have yet to see any movie that is 100% perfect. The scenery is spectacular, the effects superb, the portrayal of every character exquisite. If there is any justice OSCAR records would be broken.
All this, and Aragorn's transition from man to King was really powerful. Beginning was great, ending was never going to be easy but I thought it worked as the focus had to be on the ring bearers.... My only criticism was the final fight between Frodo & Gollum for the ring was a little too long.
Go & see this in the cinema and then spend the next ten months waiting for the EE on DVD !!!