not what i expected...(spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2002)

I guess i walked in expecting an exact duplicate or incredibly close to the book and that my boyhood dreams would be perfectly placed on screen. Well from a strictly movie critic point of view it was absolutely amazing, and i didn't stray from my seating position once (which is not an easy task considering 3 hours went by). I thought that the visuals were to the next level. Smeagol was so realistic in the close ups that it freaked me out a little bit because it looked TOO real! An amazing piece of work, and Mr. Jackson deserves a slap on the back and a pint bought for him. BUT being the nitpicky "obsessed with the books since i was 10" kind of person, i was shocked at some of the scenes. The biggest of course being that Frodo and Sam never go to Osgilarth(i cant spell sorry) with Faramir. This really bugged me because the winged Nazgul are left a mystery really in the books, and never ever is Frodo staring one down. To tell you the truth as i write this i begin to realize that i'm sounding like a complete twat, and to those who haven't read the books i apoligize. I could get really detailed and complain, but at the end of the day YOU try to take a book written by a genius, put it on the big screen and please hollywood and a few billion people. Not an easy task. So Mr. Jackson I congratulate on a brilliant piece of cinema which brought a twenty+ man back 14 years to a time where Lord of the rings was the most amazing adventure he had ever been on.