Not bad, but its not brill...

Rating: 7/10 (8 February 2003)

OK, i never read any of the books, but have seen the original movie of it so im not a stranger ot the world of LOTR.
Peter Jackson did a great job of creating the atmosphere. After the film had finished i found it hard to think of anything else but the beautiful landscapes and huge buildings that he had shown me, which is a VERY good thing.
The WORST thing about this film is that fact that it is highly overrated!!! i mean, come on!!! number 4 in the top 250! Jesus! Whats so good about it? when compared to films i think of as brilliant, such as Traffic, Silence of the Lambs, Pulp Fiction, and even Shrek - its not all that good. there was not enough emotion brought out in the film, and all the characters were hard to feel for. I had no emotion at all for them, mostly due to the fact that the film concentrated more on the loactions and action scenes, which ARE amazing.
OK - a question for Mr Jackson - whats with all the close-ups of Gandalf's face?! for the first half an hour of the film, all we see of him is his face! every time he talks, the camera is on his face, with it filling the screen, or if its not, it will start with a long shot then slowly zoom in until we have his nose on the bottom of the frame and his eyebrows on the top! what meaning is this supposed to create?! please get back to me if anyone knows k?
anyway, there are many good things about the film, and overall i gave it 7 out of 10 which aint bad. its a good film, but seriousley highly overrated!