I don't get it

Rating: Null/10 (20 August 2003)

No, this is not ignorance- I understood the movie. But in the end, I was left wondering what all the buzz was about? What I saw was a very well done film, with great direction, special effects and acting. But I just wasn't amazed as everyone else seems to be. One reason I suspect is the fact that between the original books being written and the movies being made, all of the elements of the story have been ripped off, copied, and redone thousands of times. There just isn't anything new that the movie offers, but that really isn't the film's fault.
Nothing in this movie wowed me. FOTR was merely solid, albeit very solid. But in the end I feel nothing for this movie. I'm going to rent and see it again and hope that maybe I can get as into it as the rest of the world. If not, oh well. I can just add this movie to the list of things the mainstream loves and I don't.