I absolutely love the Lord of the rings trilogy, every year on my birthday I watch the trilogy. and now close to 20yrs later am still as eager to see it again as the first time I saw it. Peter Jackson has taken his interpretation of the classic JRR Tolkien Novels. He has created a set of films that allows us the viewers to get lost in the story. The extended versions of the movies are 3+ hours each and I can watch them without ever feeling that the story-line has been stretched out. If somehow you have not seen The Fellowship of the Ring or the other 2 movies, you should do so at your earliest convenience, you will not be dissapointed.