Overall I loved the film, my favourit bits were;<BR>1.Bagend, it was perfect inside, I think hobbit inspired architecture might be the next big thing!<P>2.The ford of Rivendell scene... fantastic, especially liked the spooky, chanty, wiered harmonic thing which was going on when Arwen did the spell. i thought the expanded role for her was brill<P>3.The fireworks at the long expected party, and Merry and Pippins' comic role!<P>3. The ringwraiths were suitably scary.<P>4.Lothlorien I thought was done brilliantly, I think they could have found a nicer looking bit of woodland to film the scene where they enter the woods, bigger trees would have helped! But the rest was great, galadriel was done brilliantly, loved the glowing thing and when she speaks directly into Frodo's mind, but the eye thing was a bit fraky! When she shows how she would be if she took the ring they got it perfectly, "all shall love me and despair". Oh and that harmonic thing again, great! Music for Lothlorien just right, melancholy and those sinking chords and zithers very non mortal!<P>5.The elves in general which alot of people seem to have a problem with did suprise me a little, we all have preconceptions of what different races should look like, and you know I've realised I'd imagined them all kinda the same in appearance. They made them very individual though and although elves are meant to be beatiful the fact none of them was convrntionally beautiful ( except Arwen) in a human way they were all very ethereal and otherworldly looking, bittersweet sums them up nicely. I agree Celeborn did sound stoned but remember he was not using his first language, maybe that was an elvish accent we all heard.<P>6.The scene where they all come out of Moria, after G's accident, stunningly done and v haunting music.<P>7.Boromir's death scene.... I cried!<P> The bad Points;<P>1. We have a kids TV programme in the UK called TeleTubbies, The Shire resembled very closely Tele Tubby land. Where were those huge hills/ small mountains meant to be? The Shire should have been filmed in the UK. J R Tolkein based it on the English country side, there should have been more hedges and trees, it just looked a little too new, like it had just been planted!<P>2.I am not New Zealandist and I agree finding one country to film LOTR in is no easy task especially with the range of geography required but I'd always imagined a more Nothern Hemisphere location for Middle Earth. it frankly looked like New Zealand except places like Rivendell which were computer animated.<P>3.Bree, it was grim! I'd always imagined a slightly jollier place.<P>4. Galadriel giving out the presents. They should have left that in, will they miss out the part of the book where he "heals" the Shire with Galadriel's pressie??? I hope not, its one of the most touching parts of the book for me.<P>5. The pronounciations, all those roling R's and why does Aragorn have a wiered pseudo Irish accent???? <P>6.I will stop now! Please note I do realise we all have our own pre conceptions of LOTR's and these are only my opinions. Overall I loved the film!
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