The title should be "Peter Jackson's: The Ring"

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2001)

I hoped for so much but left the theater disappointed. Few things were flat out removed from the movie, but most of the changes either didn't seem necessary or didn't make logical sense.
The CGI was good but overdone (the scene with Galadriel was the biggest example). The acting was pretty good. And i can honestly see most of the actors being who they played. The landscape was also well represented. But for a faithful fan of the books for many years, this movie is difficult to watch the story be butchered.
If the title of the movie was renamed "Peter Jackson's: The Ring" i probably wouldn't sound so negative, because this was loosely based on the book. Better than most fantasy movies but a far cry from the best movie ever or the best movie this year (probably not even the best movie in theaters now).
Read the books, you'll enjoy them much more than this movie.