Awesome special effects - no plot - missing the last reel of film.

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2002)

Hollywood seems to have started a new trend -- movies now seem to contain awesome special effects, with little or no plot.
The most recent Star Wars movies (The Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones) are good examples of this trend. Stephen Spielburg's Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is another shining example.
I know what some of you are saying -- "How can you say that? Lord of the Rings is a classic!" I agree the novels might well be classics that do not translate well onto the silver screen.
An average moviegoer who knows nothing of the novels will see three hours of chaos, senseless violence, and an ending which leaves you wondering if the theater forgot to play the last reel of film.
Thumbs down... WAY down.