Long and boring to the non-Tolken fan

Rating: 1/10 (27 December 2001)

Very little character development at all - for ANY of the characters, aside from a brief mention of the deposed king (but even that isn't touched on). Illogical developments in plot and story run rampant though out - simple things like the horsemen that cant catch four midgets on foot. What did they give then a head start to keep things fair?
An even worse sin - no ending to the movie. Even the Empire Strikes Back and Back to the Future had self contained stories, despite ending on a cliffhanger. Here the movie just stops. Bang, full on dead stop. No resolution, no "to be continued", nothing.
And the movie was too damn long. Trim out the fat and give me a two hour version please.