A Bore

Rating: 1/10 (26 December 2001)

I was really looking forward to this movie. After reading so many good reviews and seeing the great trailers, I thought they might be serious competition for the new Star Wars movies, but unfortunately I was left cold. I rarely become bored during movies, whether it is one and a half hours or three and a half hours, but The Fellowship of the Ring was ridiculous. Nothing but dull action scene after dull action scene with mock Shakespeare thrown in for bad measure. Maybe it's because I'm not tainted by love for the book but I don't understand the appeal of mediocre Computer Generated Images and hairy men. Positive points would be the great location shots and the chilling Ringwraiths, but these are little compensation. This movie has inspired me to read the books, if only to make sure they are not as insipid as this want-to-be epic.