The road goes ever on and on (and on and on)

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 2012)

My dear Frodo, you asked me once if I had told you everything there was to know about my adventures. Well, I can honestly say I've told you the truth, I may not have told you all of it.... But I will do in a trilogy of 3 hour instalments, which will be far too rambling and disjointed for a mere 300 page book.
This, along with an over-reliance of CGI, an uncertain tone that can't decide if it's comic or serious, and a sense of Deja Vu (stylistically repeated scenes), is the main problem with Mr Jackson's flawed film. There's just way too much of it.
There are great moments (Riddle me this G Man) and it does still manage to enchant in cinematography and score, but you can't help feeling that with a bit of disciplined "Sting-style" editing this could have been another Fantasy masterpiece.
Can't wait to see the Dragon though...