It's full of scenic splendors with a fine sense of scale, but its narrative thrust seems relatively pro forma, and I was bored by the battle scenes.

March 05, 2008 read full article

Tolkien completists won't find any of this overkill, but for those uninitiates among us, less is more is still a dictum worth heeding.

January 22, 2002 read full article

[I]t goes on forever.

December 27, 2001 read full article

The production design is a marvel, and the special effects are dazzling.

December 21, 2001 read full article

The real deal, a movie epic that pops your eyes out, piles on thrills and fun, and yet stays intimately attuned to character.

December 21, 2001 read full article

McKellen plays Gandalf and, truth be told, his performance is worth more to the success of the film than all the effects, visual and aural, combined.

December 21, 2001 read full article

Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good but don't bet on it. It's one of the best films of the year.

December 21, 2001 read full article

You can get gloriously lost in this.

December 21, 2001 read full article

I left exhausted, happy, intoxicated.

December 20, 2001 read full article

An excellent film and a ripping yarn of a movie.

December 20, 2001 read full article

If we're not careful, Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings could give hype a good name.

December 19, 2001 read full article

Spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope ... a dream come true.

December 19, 2001 read full article

Here, at long last, is an epic adventure that's worthy of its source.

December 19, 2001 read full article

Watching it, one can't help but get the impression that everyone involved was steeped in Tolkien's work, loved the book, treasured it and took care not to break a cherished thing in it.

December 19, 2001 read full article

In the end, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring succeeds as the event blockbuster that it was so clearly designed to be.

December 19, 2001 read full article

A marvel.

December 19, 2001 read full article

Certainly the most rousing and ambitious adventure film of many years and bodes well for the future of the Tolkien fan.

December 19, 2001 read full article

With this production, Jackson has used The Lord of the Rings to re-invent fantasy for the cinema in the same way that the novel provided the blueprint for the written word.

December 19, 2001 read full article

An audience looking for a Star Wars-like fix, albeit with wands and rings instead of light sabres, is sure to offer a healthy return.

December 19, 2001 read full article

This Lord reigns.

December 19, 2001 read full article