As God is my witness that was one silly movie!

Rating: 1/10 (20 December 2003)

"As God as my witness. As God as my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over I'll never be hungry again nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill as God as my witness I'll never be hungry again."
This is what I was fully expecting to come pouring from Sam's mouth as he and Frodo were collapsing for what seemed like the 200th time on the way to get rid of the ring. Or was that the Heart of the Ocean? From some of the music and the similarity in the scenes between throwing the ring into the fire and Heart of the Ocean into the sea I wasn't sure. I didn't know if I was watching Gone With the Wind, Titanic or some Hobbit movie. And, if they had cut about an hour of Elijah Woods pained and soulful looks into the distance and the eyes of his friends, they could have made the movie a manageable length. Just a wee bit TOO much drama! What a disappointment.