good but not great

Rating: 7/10 (11 August 2002)

As much as this is a great film, and its an amazing achievment for Jackson (from the awful Bad Taste to this?), I think people are being a bit premature awarding this classic status. Afterall, the film does have its bad points. The meeting of the council to decide what to do with the ring ends on what can only be called a moment of pure cheese, something along the lines of "you shall be the fellowship of the ring" after some really unfunny entrances by sam and the other two hobbits. I like to watch films that dont feel staged, you can argue they all do to an extent because we know they are staged, but this scene just feels forced, and the more I see it the more I feel this film is over-rated. On a whole the film is good, not great, but good. It came along at the right time, Lucas had dropped the ball with TPM and annoyed alot of people and this filled a void. Give it a few years and it, hopefully, will fall to a more realistic place in the top 250. Dont be annoyed by this review, someone has to be the voice of reason, and yes, I am a Star Wars fan.