my oppinion on that film is that...

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2003)

My opinion is that although it had some great scenes of action, after the first hour ,had nothing to do with the book. A lot of junk was added to the film. From the love-story of Arwen and Aragorn ,to the elvish army in Deep of Helm (there was no such thing in the book) along with the orc-wolf attack to the people (where did this come from?) to the attempt to persuade the Ents by Pippin (their decision was instant), the lose of the torture feeling by hunger and thirst of Froddo and Sam, Faramir's decision to take froddo with him (not such thing happened) and last the worst of all the confrontation of Froddo to the black rider so close to Mordor. This totally sucked since the whole journey of the fellowship of the ring was based on the secrecy of this trip. I would not speak of the cut of five chapters of the book about the Shellob spider ,since this could be added to the next film (I really hope so!) So in my opinion it was a nice action adventure film that had NOTHING TO DO WITH TOLKJIEN. A real boxoffice buster but a total failure regarding the Trilogy about the ring. So the fact remains. If you really want to have that sensational feeling of this masterpiece ,BUY THE BOOKS. They are several classes superior than the films... Too bad ,cause the first film really ,got me going.