Boring Beyond belief

Rating: 1/10 (22 May 2002)

I had been meaning to see this one for a while, but never got round to it, eventually managed to see it on the saturday after episode II opened, (the screens not showing star wars all being eerily quiet)
All i can say is how very very boring! I really wanted to like this film, my friends said they enjoyed it, but really, where was it going, it was just the worst three hours spent of my life, it is worse than Episode I and i HATE that film.
I found myself totally uninterested in the characters, when the Gandolf died, i was not in the slightest bit bothered, i had no immotional connection to the characters and really did not care for them.
The film is overlong in the extreme, and nothing happens! there are a few measly little battle scenes and that is it. I can't help but feel that if this wasn't part of the LOTR franchise it would have sunk without trace, if it had not been LOTR no-one would have put up with this three hour treck.
In three words BORING BORING BORING (and i usually like these sort of films)