A really bad movie ever unless you've read the books

Rating: 1/10 (21 March 2003)

Everyone I know who has read the books lists this as their favorite movie....
But I, not having read the books, thought it sucked. NOTHING HAPPENED. They formed a band of good guys and nothing else. In usual movies, that takes like five minutes, or is part of the backstory. This is three hours of the same thing over and over and over again.
Excellent filmmaking, though. Really great scenery. I just wish it would've been about 2 1/2 hours less, and that there would have actually been a story going on.