Brilliant for such a tough movie

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2003)

People thought that making a movie of The Lord Of The Rings would be an impossible task with its variety of environment and complex characters but Peter Jackson made it look easy. He combined action with depth and an unbeatable cast to pull such a thing off. In my opinion this will be considered a great for decades.
If you know anything about writing you should know that a screenplay is very different from a book. Turning a book into a movie is no easy task. I admit that Jackson added a few things and left some things out but he had to. He had a flow and had to stick with it. He focused more on Helms Deep than the other scenes but that is what he had to do.
I you have not seen the movie and are reading this let me tell you this: you will have a wide smile on your face the whole three hours. I know that I did. It is one of those movies where you feel like you are with them and you want to jump into the screen and help them. It is an enjoyment very hard to find, especially in a movie.
If you read the book right before you go, don't look for things that really happened and things that are made up, but just watch the movie. On top of its correctness to the book, it is also a 5 star movie. One of my favorites at that.