Awful movie

Rating: 1/10 (20 December 2001)

I'm sure some people will hate this comment, but hey... try to look at it in an objective way. It's not because you're a fan of the Tolkien-stuff, that you actually have to like everything about it. Allright, the acting is good, the graphics are good (although the fighting scenes are filmed with too much movement in the camera, which makes it too blurry, especially if you're close to the screen) and the directing is generally good.
So, you might wonder what's bad about it ? Well, for someone who hasn't read the books, doesn't know the mystical atmosphere of Tolkien and his stories, the movie is quite confusing at times. Furthermore, it seems Tolkien had an over-impressive imagination... it's as if he said : "I'll take a troll, let it attack them, but they'll be saved by an elf with flaming eyes and if that elf is killed, a wizard will strike them by shooting dead dwarfs at them." Basically anyone can write a story like that.
But apart from the too-fictional story-line, which I'm sure will intrige a lot of people, the worst thing about the movie is its ending. I went to see this movie because I heard a lot of good things about it and because the trailers indicated it was a great movie. But, as I said before, I haven't read the books and I certainly didn't know the movie was just part of the story. So while I was interested in what was coming next, the credits appeared. I was stunned that someone could make a movie with great effects, good acting, etc... and then come up with such an awful ending. Even with this being just books 1+2, the movie didn't really put me in the 'mood' to be ended yet. There was no atmosphere to close the story with at all, not even the scenic view and the words "I'm glad you're with me" created such atmosphere.
Overall, this movie left me with a feeling of having payed for something that was incomplete.
Maybe Tolkien-fans will love it, non-Tolkien-fans will possible don't like it, except when you love some of the special effects and monsterous creatures.