Empire Strikes Back....

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 2001)

I thought the movie was great. It was kind of funny I had just walked out of Vanilla Sky..And I saw a diverse group of people lined up. So when I went to the ticket counter and asked what the deal was. I found out there was a 12:01 showing... Righttttt anyway... Most of J.R.R. Tolkiens writing was very very very very DETAILED. Especially with the scenery. I mean bilbos birthday bash! I thought that's what book was going to be about..obviously j/k..Anyway I thought the scenery was right on..I enjoyed the acting..The monsters where great. I liked the fighting sequences..The Nazgul where awesome..I liked the effect of when it looked like when he put the ring on....You have to understand though if you've already read the books...The movie is great..If you haven't, the movie is good..But character wise I felt the movie barely hit the surface of the characters...I mean with no background....And I don't think I heard Legolas's name but once maybe..Well no doubt you could tell they where awesome warriors. But one of the coolest things about the books is it had in depth characters.It's hard to adapt a book to a movie. I guess they could of done it with some more narrative or something...I mean think about Fight Club without the narrative....For "first timers" and even people who have read the book...I think this movie would be a lot like watching Empire strikes back as the first in the series of star wars..I don't think I can say how I feel about this movie tell I've seen all 3...I felt like I watched a "part of something" that looked promising when I walked out... Don't get me wrong it was enjoyable...I think it's off to good start..hopefully they cover more background in the movies to come.....I still think "Not another teen movie" was better though.