I saw it this afternoon. I have never before gone to an opening day movie. I couldn't wait any longer--30 years is long enough. Your review is spot on. I won't quibble about Braveheart. When I first saw the Shire, Rivendale, and Mirkwood I was delighted. The director did not depict them. He found them in time and teleported there for the filming. I was mesmerized by the scenery. I have imagined them so many times and there they were. I wanted to keep looking and gazing. I wanted to walk over that hill and see the view from there.
Schindler's List is no longer the greatest historical film ever. See my comments above for what I mean by that.
Fellowship Of The Ring is the movie that should be shown on network television, commercial free, sponsored by Ford(tm). Better than all the Star Wars movies put together, and far more to cry about than Titanic.
We've seen it twice this day. Going to take a little break and catch it again in another week or so. Lisa said she probably can't see any movie more than 4 times... but I'm determined to break my record of the number of times I've seen a movie during it's first run. Right now it stands at 9, for The Phantom Menace. Heck, I'll see it 20 more times :-)