Action movie yes, a classic ? not in my life

Rating: 3/10 (8 January 2002)

The hype surrounding this film is unbeliveable, everyone who eighter has seen it or just read about it in internet rushes to proclaim that it is the best movie ever. Still the movie is flawed beyond belief, the spirit of the books has been completely forgotten emphasis is given to action and thriller sequences.
So you keep telling me the movie is almost or completely flawless, let me point out some "minor" errors.
First in the story, book vs. movie starting from the beginning Frodo did not read a book in the tree, Frodo didn't ride Gandalfs wagon, Gandalf didn't bump his head in Bag End, Rosie was not a barmaid, there was a tent Bilbo's birthday, Merry and Pippin didn't make pranks, Gandalf provided some effects at Bilbos dissapearance, Bilbo didn't drop the ring, Farmer Maggot grew mushrooms not carrots, etc etc etc, I could make this list a couple of pages long, while some "alterations" are of no importance some drastic things are also changed eg. the fight between Gandalf & Saruman, Strider carries another sword than narsil, Strider just happens to carry suitable magic swords for hobbits, Boromir holds ring at caradhras, Aragorn battles orcs at Amon Hen, Frodo talks to Aragorn about parting the fellowship ...
I mean the timeline is completely lost, all possible is done to make action more intense, there are orcs that climb the walls of moria like spiders............
And you dare call this faithful ? not by a long shot, sorry.
The fight scenes are awful, they look like something from the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with the ill timed zooms & slow motion...
Those pepole who call this the best movie ever, or even of the year are yet to see a good movie then, or are at their early teens.
It is a quite nice action / adventure yes, but it is also just a popcorn movie that has taken a brilliant story and turned and twisted it untill it's almost pure action, no character developement and most of all no spirit, nothing that would make think about anything, nothing that would change your views of the world, it's just a action movie, nothing more, nothing less.
I am so dissapointed