Majestic film.

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2002)

Simply put: the best fantasy movie ever made.
The complete Lord of the Rings trilogy will be this generations Star Wars. We will be looking back upon Peter Jackson's triumph with the same awe and inspiration used to look at G. Lucas' accomplishments 20 years prior.
Once again Jackson and company find the right tone at every turn. It never becomes too hokey, too geeked out, too cloying, too anything. Scene after scene he manages to avoid the pitfalls plaguing so many other simliar movies.
Last thought: G. Lucas could have only dreamed of realizing a full CGI character as well as Gollum when first he attempted it with Episode 1.
For the first time, I believe we have seen just how incredibly far a filmmaker can go in inventing a character out of ones and zeros; quite scary indeed. Voice acting will definitely see a spike.