Bo-Ring

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2002)

Since the info in the prolog is repeated throughout, that was a waste of 8 minutes that could've been used to get the story going. Only problem is, the story never gets going -- just a bunch of characters you never get to know (and, hence, never care about) who never stop yapping as they bumble through adventures they would otherwise have avoided were they not so collectively stupid! Frodo is especially dense: a lad who insists on tempting fate at the worst possible moments because he can't begin to fathom the power the Ring holds.
Elijah Wood's acting seems limited to how big he can bulge his eyes out of his sockets! And if Peter Jackson proves nothing else, it's that he's the second coming of George Lucas (insert your "Attack of the Clones" joke here.)