A well done recreation doesn't mean it's a great movie

Rating: 6/10 (12 February 2002)

The Lord of the Rings is a good movie, especially for this year, but it is in no way above classics such as Citizen Kane or Shawshank Redemption or even Momento. Just because Jackson did a good job at capturing the book's character's appearance and personalities, doesn't qualify it to be the second best movie of all time. It has no message, it's just a very well told fantasy story. So stop giving it praise it doesn't deserve. It's an 8 not a 9 or a 10.