The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings.
This was my favorite movie once upon a time. It is good to see it again, makes me nostalgic for my childhood. My local movie theater has something called flashblack cinema, where they show older movies on certain nights, so I got to relive it in surround sound, hear the exquisite subtleties of the soundtrack, watch the expressive faces of my beloved characters like Boromoir and Gandalf or Samwise Gangee up close on the silver screen and not just on the TV set of my house. This had such a great cast, their chemistry. It was the first time I had seen the great Sean Bean!
I think the movies stand up to the test of time, it's visually striking, and it's memorable moments like the Nazgul chase scenes are just a powerful and suspenseful as ever. I forgot how scary some of the orcs and Uruk-hai were.
This was the extended edition, and I only own the theatrical cut, so it was fun to see things that aren't in my version. I have seen the extended edition before, but it has been years and I had forgotten some of the things that were lost. Cool.
I think the theatrical release is the most dramatic. The extended edition however does give us more world-building and time with certain characters like Celeborn, Galadriel and Haldir. It is pushing it into nearly four hours so I have to vote for the cut , but both versions are still must viewing for a Ringer like myself.
