Sully, meet Cave Troll. Cave Troll, eat Sully!

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2001)

Overall a disappointment.
Very CG-heavy- fake looking special effects. The Cave Troll is
really good. Legolas is cool.I wish Merry and Pippin didn't look
exactly the same because it took me an hour to figure out which
was which (also- say Merry's name already will ya'!) Gandalf is
terrific. Elijah Wood is so pretty . Too much monsters and fighting.
Story is very confusing, I got lost along the way. Couldn't figure out
where they were going or why. Why send only nine? Why not send
everyone? Again, the Cave Troll was super-cool, as was the
Octopus thingy. All of the elves were pretty. I liked Strider and the
other guy...The dwarf I didn't like so much because he reminded
me of the troll guy from 'D&D'. The ring is pretty. Why were the F/X
so bad? Some things were good but so much of it looked like a
big video game I just got numb to it after awhile. It was really long
too. Sam is a good friend.
Too much like Peter Jackson's loud and obvnoxious 'Frighteners'
and not enough like his achingly beautiful 'Heavenly Creatures'.
Too many of those long, swooping pan-shots of everything; like in
every scene! Burger King glasses are cool. I got Strider and Arwen
(kiss kiss). Statues pretty cool. Elves are pretty. Violent- not too
good for kiddies- scary. Character development shabby- How
come I don't care more about Frodo? Too many slimy scary-sounding bad guys. Lots of weird cuts- Suddenly we're on
top of the mountain' okay now we are at the entrance to the cave.
Murky and amateurish. Not slick at all like 'The Matrix' or 'Ep. I' -
both of these film's CG F/X run circles around this movie.

This movie reminded me way too much of Dungeons and Dragons, which was a very bad movie. This is not a very bad
movie, it just needed a little less brashness and a little more
whistfulness. The book has a natural, easy charm to it that the
movie lacks- it's way too 'hard'. The book is warm and soft, the
movie is ice cold.
Parts of it also reminded me of, gulp, 'Shrek'. Ugh. Although I'd like to see Shrek battle that Cave Troll. Cave Troll
would eat Sully for breakfast. Shrek could probably take him
though.