TERRIBLE FILM!!! Nerds are now in the know and cool for a while

Rating: 1/10 (15 March 2002)

WTF kind of film is this? I hear so many people talk and talk of this movie, so I felt I should see it to find out what all the fuss was about. After all, I even got recommendations from people who did not read the book. Since I did not read the book, I figured the movie must have something for people like me since so many who didn't read it loved it. While watching this movie I realized something, THEY LIED. No sane human being who didn't read the book can honestly say this is a good movie. This is a boring, drawn out piece of trash.
What's happening with LOTR is this---it has become COOL. Yes cool. For the moment anyway. Just like with all nerdy obsessions, like Star Wars, Transformers, Indiana Jones, whatever....when they become cool all of a sudden the nerds that love them seem to be "in the know" about something hip and chic. So it's hip and chic to say you get it and you love it too, even when you think it's the dumbest thing you ever saw. That's whats happening with LOTR and it's nerdball fans. Well I don't need to look cool, I already am, and I say this film is TERRIBLE.
It's so freaking boring, I fell asleep half way through. I only woke up again when whoever was killed by those blue demons. Not a single character was developed, not a single character is introduced. Nothing whatsoever is shown to us the audience. What the hell is going on in this movie? The writing is terrible, and the acting is bland. The directing is pretty good I admit, and the visual SFX are impressive. That's about the only good points of LOTR. This film is only for die hard fans of the book and people who want to look hip and chic for 15 seconds.