Not the greatest ever...

Rating: Null/10 (23 December 2001)

OK, I don't mean to be a party-pooper or p**s on anyone's bonfire or anything like that but I have to say that my honest opinion of this film is that...well...IT SUCKED!!! O.K. I understand I have not read the books, and maybe I should have done, but I did the same with Harry Potter and thought that it was way superior. The problem with the Fellowship of the Ring was that there was too much storytelling, which, after two hours, got a little bit tedious. The action scenes were the best part of the movie. The fighting was done brilliantly and the scenes from Frodo's point of view when he wore the ring were pretty special, but the rest of the movie was not as good as it could have been. I know there are another two episodes to come, but on the viewing of this one, I will not be going to see them. Hype surrounding a film is a pretty dangerous thing nowadays. Movies like The Phantom Menace and Titanic were hyped up beyond belief. Occasionally a movie does live up to it's hype (Phantom Menace) but more often than not, it doesn't and here is a film that falls into the latter catergory. It's alright for movie-goers who liked the film to say "But you have to see the other two parts to "Get-it"", but the first part should be good enough to make you want to watch the next ones. Star Wars Episode One did this and I will definatly be seeing episode two in May!!! Before everyone starts to jump on my back regarding my opinion, I want you all to realise that it is only opinion and the fact that I did not like the movie does not mean that those people who have not seen it will not like it either. I just felt I had to get my point across about the film that has probably failed to live up to the hype more than any other film ever.
Credit to the actors however for putting in a fine performance, especially Sean Bean's moments...I won't say too much...but he battled on...