What happened to the script?

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2003)

This film was so chalk full of cheesy one liner's that one wondered what happened to the script writers.
Gandalf the wizard was reduced to a swordwieilding soldier who merely clubs over the head those who disagree with him.
What is clear is that Jackson, Boyens, and Walsh do not have a firm grasp of the source text.
One can discern script weaknesses clearly as confused actors muddle through dialogue that they know is suspect at best (see Mortensen's (aragorn) speech at the crowning of the king).
I laughed and I cried, but for all the wrong reasons.
Rest in peace professor Tolkien, however difficult that may now seem to be.