Top reasons why you enjoyed the movies.

[Rose Cotton]

Besides some nitpicking (which we've certainly done our share of) I thought these movies were fantastic. I loved every part of it.

But what I really loved was how they came into my life.

I started reading LotR in the summer of 2001 with absalutly no idea there was going to be a movie. But the fact that the movies were there to be watched just as I finished the books turned what would have been just one story out of many into an entire experience. These movies rekindled the fandom that existed after the books were published and ensured that they would continue into the new millenium.

It's kind of like a passing on of the torch kind of thing. Very much in the way the Red Book of Westmarch was passed from Bilbo to Frodo to Sam etc. The great stories and myths are always passed from one generation to another and shaped to fit the imaginations of the times. So, in anther half century we'll have yet a new revial of Tolkien. In what way, I can't even begin to fathom, but I'm glad I'll still be around to see it.

We are all just passing characters in the great story of life

[Boromir88]

And I have to say that Andy Serkis did the voice of Gollum perfectly.

Lal, I saw the show (I believe it was the one on WB) where Andy Serkis talked about playing Gollum, and how he portrayed Gollum's character. He compared it with, if you have a drug addict, or an alcoholic, who has all their drugs/alcohol stripped away, that's like Gollum's character only in Gollum's case it's with a ring. That's what he imagined playing Gollum, an addict, but a ring-addict, and I must say he played it fantastically. His more recent movie "13 going on 30" I would suggest, as it's worth watching it, just to see Andy .

I didn't like the movie at all...
I was first dissapointed when I saw ROTK and then I hated the whole movie

[Boromir88]

I didn't like the movie at all...
I was first dissapointed when I saw ROTK and then I hated the whole movie

You have your own opinion, but this is a thread discussing your likes of the movie, sorry not dislikes. Next time try refraining yourself from posting nonsensical, off subject posts.

[Bungo Baggins]

I think the first aspect of the films I enjoyed so much was the acting. Astin, Wood, McKellen, Lee, et al were just incredible. If any of them were remotely lousy, it could have had the potential to ruin everything. I.e. Sophia Coppola in Godfather Part III. Gollum was amazing as well. I don't think anyone could have pulled it off as well as Andy Serkis. I knew the script would be good if they stayed close to the original text. But the acting was the key factor in my opinion. Followed by the acting, the special effects and scenery added to my enjoyment of the films. All of these elements combined to make a cinematic masterpiece which will be enjoyed for many generations.