Bored of the rings

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2001)

Seeing the movie was a visual treat, all right. But. Tolkien started an entire genre and a fantasy industry: not only books, but also games, comic books, cartoons, video games, and movies. This industry has become so much part of our culture that words like "Hobbit" and "Orc" are common in our language. And you know what? I've had enough already.
The plot moved every-so-slowly forward. The characters (looking entirely predictable) made their predictable speeches. There was very little interesting about any of them, and very little life in any of them, with the possible exception of Frodo. The Hobbits, short with round faces, gawped in wide-eyed amazement. Gandalf squinted his eyes below his pointy wizard hat. Queen Cate Blanchett, the most dreary caricature of an actress filled the screen for far too long.