IS EVERYBODY CRAZY???

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 2003)

PLEEEASE!! Give me a break, (("Fantastic..the BEST..Magnificent..Perfect.."!!)
I'm sorry but I must be the ONLY voice in the universe who thinks the LOTR trilogy is not only nothing special, not only poorly directed, but the most EPIC SHEER BOREDOM to hit screens since French melodrama's were invented. I was ESPECIALLY dissapointed in this 3rd installment, I think the most compelling and impressive part of the entire trilogy was the huge battle sequence from the Two Towers (extended version) Really I think Peter Jackson is terribly overrated, I mean frankly his direction is downright BAD in many ways. Not to ignore the good points, I'm not sayiong it's all terrible, there are some strengths in this trilogy of stilted stirrings. The casting is mostly good (with the exception of some of the gay-goofy looking backround elves) and Liv Tyler has WAY too much make-up, they ruined her with make-up, and Hugo Weaving puts me to sleep instantly. The production/locations/costume's/set and SFX design is all top notch and beautifully done (I should hope so, they only had several hundred MILLION dollars to make the films with!!) And here are some nice shots here and there, but for the most part, these films trully lack the kind of genuine originality, passion, emotion, movement, action and characters I would like to see in a fantasy film