Overrated

Rating: 4/10 (8 February 2002)

In all fairness I went to see this film with the highest expectations and the utmost confidence that I was about to witness a classic. Which is probably why I came out and felt rather indifferent. The film itself was just not particullarly good. I'll admit I haven't even touched the books (I stalled on The Hobbit and never went back to it), but this puts me in all the more objective mood. The storyline as a whole was tangible, but lacked real depth. As one critic said: "Oh look there's the ring, we've been sitting on it for God know's how long".
The action and CGI in the film were impressive, the mines at the ower and the fight sequence with the cave troll were superb, yet these only served to add to my eventual frustration. The acting on the part of Frodo and, for that matter, most of the cast was hammy and just OTT.
No doubt I will be derided for these comments about the film, which many consider the greatest of all time, yet I just feel that it was too over-hyped. If I had gone in without this impression of a film on a par with others which I consider classics, maybe I wouldn't have been so dissapointed, but I cannot change the past and so rate it as I do. However maybe the release of 2 and 3 will make the film better. Ah well, at least it was better than Harry Potter.