BORED OF THE RINGS (Yeah I know hardly original, but true!)

Rating: 5/10 (13 June 2002)

Yet again Im completed mystified why a film is so popular. This was so s-l-o-w. This seemed to drag on forever and by about halfway through I was becoming extremely restless. It started off promising enough, but after that it just seemed to be endless shots of our heroes walking. Where was the action? Where was the excitement? Yes the bit in the Mines was good, but there was little else to get the pulse racing. Sure some of the acting was top notch, particularly McKellen, and the scenery, both digital and real, was very pretty, but I just came out of this completely underwhelmed. Sure I'll go and see The Two Towers, but not because I'm gagging to find out what happens next, but simply to see if Jackson can come up with something better second time around.