J.R.R Tolkien: An Amalgamation of Works with Some Stuff We Made Up Thrown In

Rating: 5/10 (20 March 2015)

Eh, it was alright. They kind of did what they wanted with the storyline, which was give and take as far a quality goes. They stray off from the book pretty far, almost to the point where it has nothing to do with the book that Tolkien wrote. Which I have found disappointing throughout this trilogy. And the special effects can be inconsistent and unrealistic. Some of them are amazing, but other special effects throw any idea of realism out the window. I found myself visibly cringing at several scenes, to the point that I wasn't sure if I wanted to set through the rest of the movie or walk out rolling my eyes. Another example of a big budget that can't seem to find the time to be burdened by any of the rules that govern the physical world--and not in a good way. There is one character in the movie, specifically, that they use an abundance of CGI on (and I'm not sure why) and it looks absolutely terrible, not at all believable, it is distracting. Not to mention that many of the battle scenes take things way over the top, to the point of cringe. In a movie like this, with such a huge budget, you would think they would have the time and money to focus on creating a top quality production from beginning to end, but the over the top special effects in many battle scenes, and the outdated and unrealistic manner that the characters move, made me sigh--I expected better, and I am not sure why, especially after the last two movies they made. I did wait for the price to come down before going, and even then, I still feel kind of cheated. This is a rental grade movie; watch it once or twice and move on--definitely not a classic.