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Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2002)

This movie is getting too much hype. The special effects may be awesome but that's about it. The story develops too slowly. I already felt uncomfortable after the first ten minutes as Frodo and Gandalf blathered about the good ol' times. The script is poor, the dialogues are even poorer, the movie doesn't create an eerie atmosphere, the movie lacks suspense, the humor is average, the end is appaling etc.
You have to wait more than an hour to see a great battle including the showdown with this big Goblin or whatever it was. Unfortunately, the movie can't keep its pace afterwards. This was the single highlight!

Don't listen to people who try to convince you that LOTR is a fantastic movie. It's a simple mainstream movie and nothing more...