Great spectacle but repetitive storyline

Rating: 8/10 (27 March 2002)

It is difficult to imagine this movie better made. It reflects as much as any film, the seemingly unlimited ability of Hollywood to turn imagination into screen reality. It is a combination of sound,images and furious action that explodes off the screen. However it's story line is a simple telling of the classic mythic cliche. We have a hero on a quest to save the world (what else) with a band of diverse fellow travelers and guess what - they are constantly in trouble. It makes one realize that Tolkien could have been an inspiration for George Lucas's Star Wars. The problem is that we have already seen Star Wars and it is funnier and more fun to watch. So is Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lord of the Rings is humorless and it's hero and characters have no charisma. We don't care whether the quest succeeds or fails and it becomes repetitive like one of those songs where they just repeat the chorus because they have no other lines.