Great Direction but still a bad underlying

Rating: 5/10 (24 February 2007)

AS the first two movies, Peter Jackson did a great job directing, filming and editing the movie.
However, the strong defaults of the original books show up, being too much of a too simplistic (anglo-saxon) battle of good against evil with characters lacking subtlety and finesse and, overall, lacking richness.
As for the actors, Mortensen and Bean are very good but Orlando Bloom exhibits once again his usual remarkable lack of presence.
Overall, great image and edition and just above average cast, put together to support an initial story offering a good entertainment value but lacking subtlety, deepness and richness.