No. 4 best movie of all time, MY ARSE!

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2003)

What the hell is going on! There must be a hell of a lot of Tolkein fans with computers out there, because they are no doubt to blame for this movies hugley bloated and overrated ah..rating.
Im not saying that this is not a good movie, it was good, what I am saying is that this movie was not as good as many seem to think. It has many flaws, for example, its too long, all the good bits are seperated by long boring bits, and Ian McKellens performance, which was highly praised, wasnt really all that remarkable. Mind you, what do you expect a movie, based on a long, boring and tedious book by an overhyped author (Tolkein) to be like. Jackson and co did what they could with what they had.
There are still many good things to come out of this movie however. The cast is superb. Christopher Lee as the bad guy was a stroke of genus. The landscape is amazing (mind you I do live there so I have to say that) and, if you can get past all the long boring bits, you will find the main vein of a good movie. TOP 20 Movies stuff, however, this is not.
7 out of 10.