The music by Howard Shore is appropriately sweeping, Celtic & folky in keeping with the novel, although it lacks the memorable themes of John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith, but neither would commit a year or more to a 3 picture project. The costumes are at once familiar & strange, drawing on both the medievil & the fantastic, but more important, they're also functional & practical. The location sets are imaginative, detailed & weathered, adding to their believability, while the studio sets match them in meticulousness. The unspoiled New Zealand locales are spectacular, providing a variety of environments to represent the different settings on the characters' journey. The story, sets, costumes & FX are so rich, you'll have to see the film several times to absorb everything. The romance between Aragorn, king in exile, and Arwen, daughter of the elf-lord, is played up for the "Titanic" quotient, but it's well done. backstory where the Dark Lord Sauron is shown on the battlefield wiping out men & elves 10 at a time with each swing of his mace, I was blown away. There are no slow spots, just one climax after another. This will ensure consistency in plot, casting, tone, etc.In 3 hours, Jackson has crammed everything essential from the first novel & then some into the film, rewriting some scenes & dialogue with lesser characters for the leads, leaving out only what there wasn't enough time for. , but since they used many of the same sets, and FX development costs were spread throughout, we're seeing $120-$150 million on the screen. With the New Zealand exchange rate, that equals $360 million $90 million ea.
They spent $180 million to film all 3 simultaneously. That Jackson insisted on at least a 2 picture deal, & New Line Cinema was brave enough to foot the bill up front for 3 movies.
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