too many close-ups

Rating: 3/10 (17 November 2006)

Mr. Jackson let us all down on this one.
I sat through all three of these films before it hit me. I wasn't really enjoying them.
Every dramatic moment was being thrown away because it was filmed as a close-up.
Over and over again, the epic context was stripped away and all we got was big, blue eyes.
People say they liked these films, but I don't think they know what they are missing.
I sat there disappointed as each great moment in these stories passed by without soaring to any great emotional heights. It was flat as cardboard.