Pathetic.

Rating: 1/10 (25 August 2002)

This film was over-hyped rubbish and a COMPLETE letdown. I almost fell asleep when I watched it. Right, so this film has excellent special effects and nice scenery; that doesn't make it a good film. It's 3 hours long and glacially paced. Many of the characters I found to be extremely annoying, including Gandalf, Frodo and Sam. Frodo's feminine tone is enough to drive anyone insane. The elvish dialogue with subtitles is laughable and all of the actors play second fiddle to the special effects.The performances are wafer-thin and Elijah Wood is shrill and bland. His performance is wooden. Then the film just ends midsentence........ thanks but I don't want to go to the cinema next Christmas to see what happens. If there's as little plot development as in this installment, its sure to be as boring and disappointing.I think the media frenzy surrounding this film was completely uncalled for. It's not that good of a film. In fact, it's awful. A real turkey in my humble opinion.