over hyped. over rated. finally OVER!

Rating: Null/10 (10 January 2002)

this film is not great. I am sorry to say but from about 20 minutes in i was regreting wasting what i knew would be a near 3 hour yawn. i even thought about walking out. firstly their seems to be a lack of character depth in the script. so you never care about the characters, so when something does happen to them you are not in the least bit bothered. The trouble is they have made 3 films at probably written all3 in one go so as a trilogy it may be good but it feels like a part of a trilogy rather than a self-contained movie that has a beginning, middle an end. The direction is ok but there are too many close up shot that leave you in a daze when you see one of the few action scenes. he does show off the landscape, which i admit does deserve oscars for production design. but the action is edited fast,bably and it becomes confusing. the set pieces are few and far between and your attention does wander through most of the film while you wait for something exiting to happen. Some of the special effects look good but most are on par with NEVER ENDING STORY. clearly not the work of ILM. I am not a moaner, i have enjoyed long films like GOODFELLAS, EYES WIDE SHUT, CASINO even GLADIATOR was better than this. donÂ´t waste your time or money with this. to recover i sat through ARMY OF DARKNESS and SPARTACUS. films that kept my attention span and entertained me as well. sorry but when the hype dies you will know i speak the truth, you just may be too ashamed to admit it.