The tide has turned??

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2001)

Where were all these negative reviews when i bought my ticket?? :) Honestly, it was a fine adaptation, on par or slightly above your average great-book-turned-good-movie-but-not-quite-enough film. Let's be honest-- we expected too much and got suckered juuuuuust a bit. That being said, i enjoyed the movie. Beginning was slow, Bilbo was by far the best actor in the movie, his scenes were the best. The Balrog scene and the proceeding scene were absolutely stunning. The rest was really good. My big gripe?

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i invest 3 hours of my life into this movie, come to terms with its minor flaws, and what line do the three hunters leave me on?? i believe it was aragorn saying... wait for it... "LET'S HUNT SOME ORC!!" I mean JESUS!!! Did they hire the screenwriter from Rambo just for that line?? ruined the movie for me and left the bad taste in my mouth that prompted this negatively leaning review.
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I still liked the movie. Love John Rhys Davies, love Hugo Weaving, love Cate Blanchette, LOVE Sir Ian McKellen. All in all didn't mind the Arwen thing. I guess that's it... oh, Samwise. Fantastic. that was the one character i was NOT looking forward to. (Mikey from the Goonies?? in LOTR?!?? please...) Sean was really great. I guess that wraps it up.