Almost total failure

Rating: 6/10 (26 December 2001)

It's a shame but The Lord of the Rings is a movie without any rhythm. Jackson drowned himself into the heavy machinery of the special effects and failed to give a soul to his film. He gives us another actioner full of "levels" like in the video games and the characters are just stereotypes with no real depth (poor Elijah Wood). Adapting The Lord of the Rings was a very big risk and Jackson can be proud of taking it. It's just what's left to him.