Bored of the rings

Rating: 10/10 (12 March 2007)

Honestly, how is this one of the greatest films ever? It is the most boring film I've ever seen. I've heard people say they don't want to watch great films that are very long, such as Once Upon a Time in America, because of the length, even though no one ever says it about LOTR. I don't get it, because to be honest this film is poor.
I have watched it twice now, and neither time did I see anything good in it. It is just plain boring, they just talk absolute crap for three hours walking through a forest. What is good about that? The worst thing is definitely the hobbits. Why do they give Frodo the ring when he can't fight? Why do they let his friends come when all they do is get the group into trouble? Especially when they are so annoying, mostly Sam, whose vocabulary seems to be limited to the words 'Mr. Frodo'. He drove me insane.
The stupidest thing about this film though is that at most points during the film, they could just hide the ring in the snow, or throw it into the forest. As if anyone would find it. There you go, I could do the hobbits 9 hour epic film quest in about 5 seconds.
Another annoying thing is that they go 3 hours of boring you to death, and then end up worse than when they started. I don't get that.
The ending is really bad. They go 4 full chapters on the DVD rowing 10 metres in a boat. You should always end a film with excitement. Star Wars Empire Strikes Back ends with some classic scenes, despite not being the end of the whole story. Peter Jackson should have done the same with this film.
I really don't see the point in having a 3 hour film to set the scene. Most films manage to set the scene in 5-10 mins. I think they could have made this much shorter, and they could have at least put a few more battle scenes in if it's going to be 3 hours.
It is ridiculous looking at the top #250 and seeing this in the top #15 in my view, especially with so many really great films way below, such as Raging Bull. I found LOTR:FOTR to be a huge disappointment, as I was really looking forward to it due to all the hype. The special effects aren't even that impressive. I think people overrate this film because of all the hype made around it's release.
I don't just think it is overrated, I also thought it to be a very poor film, it was incredibly boring and I had no idea what the characters were talking about. It seemed like I would have had to have read the novel to understand the film. There was no action and the hobbits really got on my nerves. There is no way this film should be in the top #250, it is just bad.