A film that has not aged well

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2019)

I don't know why I watched the trilogy a long time ago, but now I have no desire to re-watch the other two films after re-watching this film. The special effects are good and very convincing. The acting is more than adequate and does a decent job at immersion. However, the story just does not impressive me very much, and watching the extended version just became a bore after half way through. This film probably does not deserve the epic length of three and a half hours. Although I played Middle Earth: Shadow of War and gained interest in the lore before re-watching this movie, I still didn't enjoy the movie. I guess I just missed the chance to become a fan boy when I was young. Based on the documentary, many people and some actors in the movie became true fans of the lore when they were very young. And maybe some of the older generations were around when the book came out and became fans that way.