Great fantasy

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2002)

I am not an avid fan of fantasy. Generally I couldn't give a damn about little pixie people running around fighting dragons and talking about magical crowns. Even through all this prejudice I must say that I adored LOTR, and what the director acheived. As far as I am concerned I don't think it's the best movie ever. But I understand people saying that, because the scope and grandure of it is magnificent. The scenery is amazing, the characters picked well, storyline good (it is after all, extremely close to the books plot) and the overall mood captures perfectly what the books create. I have a small hatred of sentimentality, and the music and a few scenes started to lean in that direction, but I decided to give them a break because what's a few seconds of crap for a whole three hours of good stuff? Frodo was pretty well done, I mean I never found the hobbits totally enthralling. They were there, they said a few things, but it was mainly what they did that counted. The film really made them a little bit more interesting, despite the smaller parts. I was really pleased they cut out the Bombadil part. Countless of innocent, struggling readers have arrived there, and many of the even the most valient fall. It's blimming boring. I'm sure that it has some intelligent inner meaning and helps to define the later plot, but I didn't really find it.
On much much less of an intelligent note, was there anyone else who rather fancied one or two of the characters? I say Legolas,but there are some weird people who value Frodo more. No, I say, that gormless expression will never win my heart. If you are especially deprived you might find Gimli the one for you. Hey, whatever floats your boat.