Overrated Movie Camouflaged by Acting/Scenery/Special Effects

Rating: 5/10 (18 August 2002)

Most of you will think this a great movie and walk out of the theatre satisfied. Then a few years later, will have forgotten it completely, like "Willow" or "Legend". However, if your tastes run towards quality, then you will get bored after the 1st 10 minutes, and either walk out or stay to see if it gets better, like I did. It doesn't. Why?
1. Don't read the book!!! If you do, you'll see how superior it is to this film in every way and you'll feel ripped-off for purchasing a ticket.
2. The love scene sucked!
3. The beginning party for Frodo works in the book. In the movie, it is a big bore.
4. The constant similar struggles that don't lead to a climax work in the book, but not in the movie! How many times must I see Elija Wood get into a "deer-caught-in-the-headlights" look before you go "Enough already". Plus, the crisis don't lead to any sort of character development at all. Elija's character is still the same at the end as he was in the beginning - he has not changed a bit!
5. The movie was just too long - with lots of slowness to it. No drama, just action, great for a 10 year old, bad for someone needing to care about the characters before were going to be interested in their plight. Put these characters in today's world, and the film is unvieled for what it really is - a stinking bore.
6. The Ending Sucks. You know it, I know it, that's all there is to it.

7. "Star Wars One" was barely better than this movie. This movie was barely better than the awful "Harry Potter" movie. Even "Planet of the Apes", the bad one (Tim Burton) was better than Lord of the Rings.
8. Again, character development sucked. Who cared about these guys? Not I.
9. Etc, etc, etc.
Go see "The Last of the Mohicans" for a far better film. Or "Monster's Ball". Or anything. As long as it's not this movie.