Lord of the Rings - How Well Does it Work as a Film?

'"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has much to offer us both as a book and as a film. With a legion of fans, there was great anticipation for the opening of the first part of the trilogy ... Tolkien's son, Christopher, the literary protector of his father's works, said, 'My own position is that "The Lord of the Rings" is peculiarly unsuitable to transformation into visual dramatic form.'