not that great

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2003)

I can't believe how many people gave this movie a 10! Alright, this movie has got a great cast, very good special effects and it's filmed on great locations. But there are just so many cliche's (is that how you spell it?) in this movie, it just p***ed me off. Every time some hero is just about being killed, a friend turns up and kills the Orc. Every single time! In the last part alone this happened about five times. A lot of the dialoges are very crappy, predictable and cliche. Many things are just plain copied from Braveheart (a movie that is a lot better than the LOTR movies). The great casting and special effects alone could not give this movie a 10! I gave it a 7. There are other movies that are much much better and more original than the LOTR movies that should deserve a higher rating. Once this Lord Of The Rings hype is over, I hope people will come to their sences. When you watch it on TV it's not great at all.