beware lover of the books

Rating: 1/10 (22 February 2007)

it is with the greatest displeasure and disappointment that i find myself sat writing this review. having read all 6 of the rings novels i found myself baffled and confused by what i had assumed was a prequel to the hobbit. plot holes a plenty and a considerably stripped down cast (no gandalf, fro-do, or samwise!!) the scene in the crack of doom has been replaced by a video tape showing a small girl sat down a well. i can only assume this is down to budgeting restraints. the much loved council of riven dell has been replaced by a mental hospital. whilst i applaud the directors attempt to create a modern day lord of the rings i cannot condone anything which would make my 3 year old son cry as much as he did when the horse leaped tragically to his doom from the ship and into the unforgiving waves beneath, and i can neither understand nor forgive why Jackson replaced the final and climatic scene at the crack of doom with a black haired girl (presumably the wraith king) clambering from a television set and into the living room of a man obviously too large to be fro-do. why oh why is it so difficult for Hollywood to stick to the books?