Lord of the Rings, The: Book I - The Return of the Shadow

Review by mullholland665 — July 5, 2010 @ 1:12 pm

I’m no Tolken purist but this series is a fantastic idea, and Part 1 is well thought out and so professionally done.

I haven’t watched the trilogy in 3 years, which is why I think I enjoyed this so much because I wasn’t distracted too much by what had changed. The new opening is fantastic. Thanks for the hard work!

Review by ab5tract — March 6, 2009 @ 5:28 am

kerr,
Wow! Impressive debut. I personally had zero problems with your editing decisions. In fact quite the opposite, I thought they were excellent. The pacing was very compelling, and beginning the movie with Bilbo writing is Awesome. The battle flashbacks were mixed in perfectly, and even seemed to carry the ‘timing’ of PJ in the way they were interwoven. Audio transitions were seamless here.

I am very happy that I have Book II here to pop in :)

10/10 Stars

-0 Stars. I can’t find one thing I don’t like about it.

Review by el_silloneb — April 1, 2009 @ 2:16 am

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

Review by skyrunner — February 18, 2009 @ 8:11 am

First off, I would like to comment on how the idea of separating the 3 movies into a series of 6 is brilliant. I have never read the books, but I loved the concept so I decided to give this a go.

Book 1 was very enjoyable. It ran so smoothly I forgot which parts you actually took out, as I missed none of them. The new opening and closing sequences were extremely well done and very effective. Right away they take the viewer and overwhelm them with the fact that they are about to experience LOTR in an entirely new way. The ending was also nicely executed and the not mentioning of Gandolf until book 2 was a very good way to build the suspense. I honestly cant think of any negatives or criticisms of Book 1, it really was very well done. 5/5

Review by searcher — February 16, 2009 @ 3:33 pm

Downloaded this yesterday, I really cant believe this is your first edit, amazing stuff. Couldn’t fault it anywhere (not that I was trying to). Look forward to the next book, enjoyed every minute of it, and this is without doubt a much better way to watch Lord Of The Rings.

I shall be rating this 5/5 if I could give it more I would. Excellent job.