While this movie is very good and certianly worth going to the theatre to see, it is far from the top 5 of the greatest movies of all time.
The movie follows the Lord of the Rings book series, which I will admit to have never reading so I cannot comment on the closeness it follows to the novels' storylines. I can, however, comment on the movie itself.
The best thing this movie has going for it is the cinimatics. The vast expanses are simply amazing to watch, but that doesn't make a movie for me. The storyline is very enjoyable, although I felt lost at times without previously reading the books. By the second hour, I was starting to look at my watch. Unlike the great three hour plus movies, this one started to drag towards the middle.
For a person that isn't enchanted by magical movies, I still found the movie to be excellent and well worth the price of admission. But one of the greatest movies of all time, it is not.
The movie follows the Lord of the Rings book series, which I will admit to have never reading so I cannot comment on the closeness it follows to the novels' storylines. I can, however, comment on the movie itself.
The best thing this movie has going for it is the cinimatics. The vast expanses are simply amazing to watch, but that doesn't make a movie for me. The storyline is very enjoyable, although I felt lost at times without previously reading the books. By the second hour, I was starting to look at my watch. Unlike the great three hour plus movies, this one started to drag towards the middle.
For a person that isn't enchanted by magical movies, I still found the movie to be excellent and well worth the price of admission. But one of the greatest movies of all time, it is not.