LIke the title says, its a great movie with fine acting, great SFX, a decent plot, excellent backgrounds and sets, and very haunting music. ALthough you better have an extra three hours to watch it, because you can only get the best out of this film if you watch it in one sitting.
(Contains Spoilers)
I have some evidence from the movie to back up my good oppinion about, and it is:
1) As for the performances, Sean Bean's Boromir is played to near perfection in the key scenes in which he's present. His death will leave you in tears. Viggo Mortensen's performance as Aragorn is a real treat as well, he was required to deliver a wide series of emotions and succeeded at a great level. 2) For SFX, the best example would be the action scenes in the Mines of Moria, just look at that Balrog,that Cave Troll, and that near death staircase scene. 3) The plot is rather complex, but its simplest form is Frodo carrying the ring to the cracks of doom, and eventually has to destroy the ring in order to cleanse the world of a huge evil. 4) For backgronds, hey, if New Zeeland and the sets at Weta Workshop aren't beautiful, then I don't know what is. 5) For music, Howard Shore created a great soundtrack for LOTR:FOTR, "May it BE", by Enya will leave you felling warm inside. (Igmore the music for LOTR: TTT, isn't nearly as good.)
That about covers it, now you just need to the film, I can almost guarinee that you will like it.
(Contains Spoilers)
I have some evidence from the movie to back up my good oppinion about, and it is:
1) As for the performances, Sean Bean's Boromir is played to near perfection in the key scenes in which he's present. His death will leave you in tears. Viggo Mortensen's performance as Aragorn is a real treat as well, he was required to deliver a wide series of emotions and succeeded at a great level. 2) For SFX, the best example would be the action scenes in the Mines of Moria, just look at that Balrog,that Cave Troll, and that near death staircase scene. 3) The plot is rather complex, but its simplest form is Frodo carrying the ring to the cracks of doom, and eventually has to destroy the ring in order to cleanse the world of a huge evil. 4) For backgronds, hey, if New Zeeland and the sets at Weta Workshop aren't beautiful, then I don't know what is. 5) For music, Howard Shore created a great soundtrack for LOTR:FOTR, "May it BE", by Enya will leave you felling warm inside. (Igmore the music for LOTR: TTT, isn't nearly as good.)
That about covers it, now you just need to the film, I can almost guarinee that you will like it.