I would like to say it was not that good

Rating: 7/10 (2 March 2002)

The book was great, the film was average. It lacked some of the events that made the book a great read. Some of the key sequences were left out, gollum came in much too early, and the ending was very tacky. Admittedly there is not much you can do with the ending, but the line "Lets hunt some Orc" was, needless to say, crap. Not only this, but it lacked the sophistication of the book, and left out all of the lighter moments of the film, as well as leaving out the reforging and renaming of Narsil. other wise, it is fine. Not fantastic, but fine.