JuliusHackebeil on 15 September 2025
I was 11 years old when the first The Lord of the Rings came out. No prior knowledge about it. No expectations going into it. Had not seen a single trailer.
Holy moly, nothing could have prepared me for that. A true revelation about what film could ascend towards. Still, to this very day, nothing can top it (all three really). A was a normal kid going into it, but my little brain was forever rigged towards fantasy going out. What an unbelievable achievement.
Sadly, I was not able to see The Matrix or T2 in theaters. These deeply impressed me but would have undoubtly benefitted from the big screen given the spectacle of it all.
