Spectacular but actually kinda boring

Rating: 6/10 (6 January 2002)

Its weird that I come away from seeing such a spectacle (I enjoy these types of movies) feeling somewhat bored.
First off the visions are spectacular (Worth a look on a big screen).

But I got rather tired of the Fellowship (9 people of which 4 are hobbits with no combat experience) being attacked by extremly overwhelming numbers and until the final battle not one of them was killed in any of them. I thought it kinda funny that Gandalf the powerful wizard battle more with a sword then sorcery. Also enough closeups of Frodo's face.
The battle scenes were not very enjoyable (I did enjoy the opening battle and the battle between Gandalf and Samaran because it wasnt simply hack first bad guy stab next guy, hack next guy, stab next guy).
Finally if you are not a fan of trilogies I believe you will be really turned off by the ending. After talking half the film about getting to Mount Doom the movie ends before anyone even gets close to Mount Doom.
So see it to enjoy the spectacle (But dont be surprised if even in the major action scenes you yawn).