Very Good, but some of the cuts should not have been made

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2001)

While I agree that it was very well done, and that certain elements (like Bombadil) needed to be cut, I was outraged at how they completely emptied the story of Gollum's background. It would have taken them maybe 5 minutes or less to include the origin of Smeagol and everything that happened to him, yet those 5 minutes would have given him the characterization he deserves. Heck, even Bakshi threw in the basics of that anecdote. Instead, we now have some one dimensional creature who just exists and found the ring. My question then, simply, is WHY did they do this? What could they have possibly gained from it? I'm just hoping they have the missing elements in the DVD release.