"Lord of the Rings" is a huge disappointment

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2001)

I have just been to the theater to see the new movie "Lord of the Rings." It is probably the worst movie I have seen all year. It isn't worth the 8 bucks I paid to see it and it definitely is worth the 90 million it cost to make it.
First of all, this movie makes no sense. It tries to come off as sophisticated by simply using wordy and hard to follow dialogue that nobody can understand. The real kicker is that even though this movie tries to be smart and clever, the actual plot (getting a stupid ring from point A to point B) is no more complex than your average popcorn flick.
From the above statements, you may conclude that I am not a fan of popcorn and fantasy/mythology movies. This could not be farther from the truth. I really liked the two recent "Mummy" movies. They were extremely entertaining (yet simple) and never pretended to be something that they weren't. I also love all of the old Harryhausen flicks. They could be sometimes confusing, but you were always engaged in them and never had to scratch your heads in confusion for too long trying to figure out what was going on. I even enjoyed the "Harry Potter" movie, it wasn't the best movie ever made, but I rather would sit through it twenty times instead of having to view this celluloid monstrosity once more.