The first time I watched, I liked Sam best. The second time I watched I preferred the non-hobbits in the fellowship. Before I watched the extended version, I didn't know a movie could be so long....
Simple in form yet complex in nature. In this exquisite confluence of infinite and infinitesimal, Ozu calmly observes human nature and inevitable erosion of familial relations in rapidly changing world, with restriction, respect, and poignancy; time is his most potent weapon.