In the running for the cheesiest movie ever

Rating: 5/10 (14 January 2004)

This was not the worst movie I've ever seen, but it is in the running for the cheesiest film ever made. A film is cheesey when the characters get all sappy and the audience isn't sucked-in due to poor character development or unbelievable circumstances. Its my opinion that the filmmakers here depended on the audience having read the book to learn to connect with the characters, because as someone who didn't read the book, I didn't care about any of the characters, many of whom were introduced and disappeared again without really advancing the story. This film ended at least 30 minutes before the credits ran, it just seemed like Peter Jackson wanted to construct this grandiose conclusion to the epic that would please all the die-hard tolkien fans. Save it for the two-dozen-DVD collector's edition set! This movie is crap. I want the 7 hours I gave to this trilogy back!