Some thoughts about this flick a year lator....

Rating: 8/10 (10 November 2002)

*The fan adulation for this is off the charts. It to my thinking goes off the deep end at times. They are SO happy to see these books Finally put onscreen, and done So well-that this-this is simply the Best movie(to their minds) ever-regardless of it's true place in the firmanent.
It's Good-don't get me wrong-but it ain't Lawrence of Arabia or Godfather jest yet. It's more in line with the first Star Wars-albeit BELOW THAT in Quality-YES-or maybe the Longest Day. It holds up great-but it ain't perfect. Deal with it.
*AtomiK Bloo Galadriel is the Worst scene. Yikes. Get ridda that one. Frodo is TOOO young also-in the Book he is 51 for Pete's sake-in our aging process 35 or so. That kinda takes away from it for me too. You get the cast of N'Synke or the Osmonds equivalent in this instead of the 30-somethings you should have instead. Hmmm. It's okay with Merry and Pippin, sure-but the other two oughta be older.
*I like having more Arwen, the nordic Elves themselves are right outta Winger, Whitesnake and Warrant-paging Bret Michaels-and I can't say that I thought they made the Nine Riders all that scary either. OOOOO one guy alone beats them off with a couple big lit Q Tips. Somehow that isn't quite Braveheart, ya know?
*Overall yes I am a fan of the flick AND the books-so you can look at this as more picking gnatcrap outta pepper-but there are things that could go Very wrong in the next couple. Treebeard is a Coniferous Winter Warlock, and you gotta wonder about Gollum. Jar Jar anyone? Too much CGI can be gaggy.

***1/2 outta **** still of course. Petey Jax is to be congratulated for doing what he has so far. Yes it's better than Harry Hoops Potter too.