MERP-ers beware! (SPOILERS!!!)

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2001)

If you play MERP you will probably not be able to give this 10/10. You will probably regret some of the changes made just a little too much for that, and wish the makers had been braver and made it longer, maybe even four hours. It's so fast-paced as it is, everything whooshes past except the battles, and a little more time allowed on-screen to Gimli, Legolas, merry and Pippin would have been nice. Still, they'll have to get more in the next one! Also some of the accents will bug you at times, (Aragorn and Boromir). What I liked least was the fight between Gandalf and Saruman - it's not how magic is in Middle Earth, more like two unarmed Jedis using Force-fists.
All this said I did give it 9/10 - really great, but not perfect as we thought it might be. Hey, not even Bladerunner was perfect! See it!