Huh, what did I miss?

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2001)

It is now 4 days after I watched LOTR and I still can't shake off the feeling of being cheated by the producers. For one I have not had the luxury of reading the multiple volumes of the novel before watching the movie. So, I do not have a headstart in trying to understand what the movie was about. None the less I think the producers should have been a bit more professional and create a movie the suits the majority of movie goers whom I think have not read any LOTR novel before. In this matter the producers looked like they were trying to show they were hardcore LOTR fans. I myself have not read about Harry Potter too but I have no problem trying to follow the movie from start to end. LOTR may have a start, if you call the 5-6 minutes of story telling by a background voice ala Toy Story a start, it is even more difficult to explain what happen to the ending for the movie.
It was a well done trailer but I was expecting more than just a good trailer. Honestly I am not looking forward to the sequel because I felt cheated. Normally movie goers would be propelled to watch sequel if the earlier version was good. Literally speaking the movie is 'forcing' you to watch the sequel, not encouraging.