disappointed

Rating: 1/10 (3 January 2003)

I read the books before seeing the movie, and I was horrified at how much they tore apart the book. I felt that they made changes to it that were unnecessary. such as Arwen's part in the movie. in the book she doesn't even speak, and in the movie, she saves frodo's life. just because you hire liv tyler to do a part, doesn't mean you have to invent things that aren't true so that she can be in it more. that's hollywood for ya. and they left out something that I thought was a big symbolic thing in the book. the sword that was broken is reforged. also, galadriel is made out to be some sort of evil lady. she isn't made that way in the book at all, they are actually honored to be in lorien with the elves and with her. and the breaking of the fellowship happens completely differently. I could name a million things that bother me. there was one thing that I was thrilled about. the visuals. they did an excellent job with the characters, places and things. everything is pretty much as I would picture it. in short, I won't be seeing the second movie, or the third. I recommend that you read the books. the story is put together so much better than the twisted cinema version