Sorry, but not nearly the best film of all time

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2001)

The first comments I made about the film were very negative, although true, but maybe I was being a bit to unfair about this film. I have now watched it twice. The first time critically, the second time as a no-brainer. Critically the film is not vary good, with big holes all over the place, but as a no-brainer the film works very well. Though there are still some horrible bits. I still think that the battle at the beginning of the movie is woefully short but what their is of it is OK though not great. I do like the shire part of the film and the trek to Rivendell is fun. I still find the Rivendell part of the film the most annoying but from then on the film just gets better and better. The Mines of Moria are the best scenes in the whole film in my mind, with the ending coming close, although I would have liked Boromir's death to be more heroic.
The fight scenes are still annoying, but less so the second time around. Although I say to directors everywhere please, please, please stop jump cutting to make a scene look better and rely on the actors skill more, it does look better. The wizard fight is still silly to my mind, but not as bad as I first thought.
No, this is not the best film of all time. It probably isn't the best film in genre, but after watching it twice, I can now say that I will probably go and see it again and probably one day learn to love the film. Well done Peter Jackson and new line for the attempt at LOTR, and I hope the next two films are better.