Superficial

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2003)

I wish I could like this movie more, because I think Jackson *gets* Tolkien, and really makes an effort to get it right.
But I just don't think Tolkien's novel is filmable. Film inevitably misses the richness and depth that makes the novel great. The visuals are undeniably beautiful, but it's all surface. At best, the film works as a sort of moving illustration of the novel.