Long piece of CRAP

Rating: 4/10 (14 March 2002)

I'm sorry but after hearing all the hype about it from the media and from friends, and then seeing it was #1 on the IMDb top 250 list (now at #2 on 15 March), I thought to myself "Hey I'd better see this movie" even if it is 3 hours long. So I put it off till the hype and crowds died down (friends said the queues were so long) I finally saw it today (with less than 10 people altogether in the cinema). Ok so the actors and acting was good, the special effects were well done and the scenery and music was beautiful but there wasn't much else for someone who's a fan of drama and romantic comedies, not fantasy, action, adventure and violence.
Speaking of which, I thought the Mummy and the Mummy II were much better even though they were crap movies in my opinion, and they were less than 2 hours long. Also I thought Harry Potter was more interesting. I had heard about Liv Tyler being in it and I thought she actually had a substantial role but she was only in it for like 5 mins, the same as Cate Blanchett.
I was getting so sick of the violence and extremely loud sound to go with it that I blocked my ears and fell asleep during several scenes.
While I admit the spfx were well done I felt that they didn't really add anything to the movie.
My favourite part was at the beginning at the village and they were letting off firecrackers. The rest can be summed up as action/battle scenes with lots and lots of LOUD music/sound, lots of ugly computer generated type creatures which weren't even scary, and every now and then some mountain shots somewhere in New Zealand.
See it if you're a fan and you've read the book, don't see if if you hate violence and aren't really into fantasy films - especially ones which don't even end after 3 hours!!