Did I Miss Something???

Rating: 1/10 (18 February 2002)

I admit I do not know a lot about Lord of the Rings but a friend invited me to go, so I thought I would see what all the hype is about. Maybe I missed something but I found myself half asleep at many points during the movie. I could not wait for it to be over, which took forever. A bunch of people run around for hours and days talking about the ring and randomly bump into people along their boring journey. The only scene I liked was the one where some woman calls up the river to stop some horses. I felt like I needed a book with me to explain what was going on and at times felt left out in the cold. If I have to read books, search WWW sites for tidbits, etc then whats the point of the movie. I think I will stick to Star Wars, at least with that series, I know whats happening and can make sense of what people are doing and why they do the things they do. "Help me anyone out there, your my only hope....."