For genre fans only

Rating: 4/10 (25 December 2001)

The one thing this movie does not do is transcend the sword and sorcery genre. The first 2 hours or so were like a play put on at a Ren Faire, only with a really high budget. It got better from there. By the end of the movie, I no longer was rooting for the Ring Wraths to just get the damn ring so we could go home. Part of that animosity comes from the fact that I had a bad headache for a long part of the movie. At least three people I know of got headaches from the way the movie was filmed. Take some advil before you go.
This isn't a horrible movie. There are good things in it. However, it isn't any sort of all time classic unless you're a huge fan of the genre. You'll either see this ten times and go on and on about how great it was or leave wondering what all of the fuss was about.