Could be much worse but...

Rating: 4/10 (11 December 2001)

One thing you can surely say is that director Peter Jackson has beautifully recreated Tolkien's world. The sets and costumes are simply wonderful. The "evil" creatures are ugly and even scary for youngsters. Special effects ? well, you don't notice them which means they are well done... no, very well done. But... I don't know, perhaps I have seen too many other "heroic fantasy" movies before (which have I do recognize copy a lot of Tolkien's world), or perhaps it is because I had hard to read the book (too many descriptions), but I still can't feel close to the various characters.

Technically, the film is a marvel, no doubt. But it misses something, some magic, some sparkle that would put the screen on fire.