[KayQy]

I saw the movie last night. I was going to wait until I got to London so I wouldn't have to deal with subtitles, but I caught sight of a new trailer with exciting-looking stuff and, well... the subtitles were only a problem when they spoke Elven.<P>As a movie, it ruled! I love it! I was a little irritated at first, but I was quickly swept along in the excitement. The wizards' duel was annoying, not so much the fact that there was one as how they made it; and Lothlorien was way too short (director's cut! director's cut!). Other than that, it was spectacular. Although there were times when I wanted to say, "Wait! Go back! Press Pause!" there were also times to make people laugh, and cry, and applaud. I thought it was a good idea to move Boromir's death forward a bit; gives us a bit of completion to tide us over and keep us going until next Christmas (can we really wait that long?). People applauded at the end (and laughed when Aragorn sliced off that orc's head), and I didn't hear any complaints, but then most people were speaking French, so...<P>Sum up: as a movie, I loved it. As an interpretation of Tolkien's work? It certainly surpassed my Lost World criteria. To be more specific than that, I'll have to wait until I've seen it a few dozen more times. <P>Wheeheee!!!!!<p>[ December 22, 2001: Message edited by: KayQy ]