Good action adventure movie

Rating: 5/10 (14 November 2003)

This was a good adaption of an epic story into a simple action adventure, but there is not more to it than that. The characters are simplistic, and the meat of the story is told in action scenes. The choice of actors for many parts seemed wrong, particulary Elrond and Aragorn and Samwise, and I didn't like the characterization of Merry and Pippin.
I was excited to watch this, and had a good time. The second time I watched it was so-so, and couldn't even get through 20 minutes of it a third time (even with additional scenes).