Get off it already!

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2002)

Ok, I seriously think everyone should just drop the issue about whether or not this film is worthy of it's #1 rating. Your giving way too much credit to that method of grading movies. It's a popularity pole, nothing more, nothing less! Did I enjoy myself at this movie more than The Godfather or Shawshank redemption? YES! Did I like this movie more than The Godfather or Shawshank Redemption? YES! Do I think it merits an Academy Award for best picture? Well I haven't seen many other of the movies that are being acclaimed for the year 2001 so I'm not going to comment on that. I would say however that if LOTR was going up against either of mentioned movies in their respective years it probably wouldn't win an Academy Award.

As for a Peoples Choice Award that would be another story!

The fact this movie was 3 hours long didn't bother me in the least. I haven't read the books but saw the 1978 animated movie. That particular film ended with the battle at Helms Deep. I was fully expecting this movie to end at the same place and was very disappointed when it did end expecting at least another hours worth of entertainment. To listen to some of you people complain about the length you'd think there's never before been a movie that was three hours long! Did not of you ever see Gandhi, The Green Mile, or for that matter any film Oliver Stone ever made? And of course let's not forget about Battlefield Earth (no wait that movie only seemed like three hours).
I have yet to hear one argument against this movie that's in any way credible. If your going to nitpick you should do a better job of excluding the spite and genre contempt from your words and find issues that really make sense. Otherwise it's hard to take most of you too seriously!