Tell Me Why I should have sat there for 3 hours

Rating: 2/10 (11 May 2002)

I go to see a movie when I step into a theater, not special effects. That is what The Fellowship of the Ring was all about--special effects. There was a story being developed for the first half of the movie. The ring's history, the party for Bilbo, and even the hunt by the ghosts on horses were scenes telling a story. The trip of nine beings on an endless hike with fight after fight after fight was not a movie--it was the director bringing a classic book to life with special effects. The book is a classic, no doubt. For those of us who haven't read it, the movie should stand on its own. It didn't do that in my opinion. I wanted to know who the new adventurers were, what was their story. Why were there so many things attacking the adventurers if the evil wasn't unleashed until the last fight scene. As for an ending, of course that wasn't an ending. Obviously there are two more installments coming. I'll just take the quick summary please. Wake me when the Return to the King is over.