Slightly Dis-jointed, anti-climatic ending

Rating: 7/10 (23 January 2002)

Nice special effects altho quite a few scenes appeared dark and blurry... I found I had to concentrate on what I was seeing on a few occasions. Maybe it was the New Theatre?? Anyways... the objective is layed out in the center of the movie... destroy the ring... which you are expecting to happen, but, the movie ends along the journey and that came as a shock to my system when I saw the credits unexpectedly appearing on the screen. By the time the next movie comes out... I will have to watch the first movie again to remember what happened... I am not one of the people who read "the book" so to speak.
I enjoyed the movie... It was entertaining, although I thought some of the acting and scenes were somewhat goofy and artificially jointed to force a plot. I don't want to give this movie a 9 (which seems to be the average score)... I can't even say I would add it to my collection... I guess I will have to wait and see the remaining movies and decide then. Overall..., it had nice special effects. Final Fantasy came to mind when I thought of Lord of the Rings... a breakthrough in visual technology worth seeing while you endure a long and strange act. Don't get me wrong... I would watch the movie again, but, glad I went on cheap Tuesday. My friend felt the same way, but scored it even less than me.