Sorry boys and girls, I just don't get it.

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2004)

I've seen all three LOTR movies, in order, but during each film I found myself struggling to stay awake counting down the minutes until it was over so I could get as far away as possible. The third installment was the biggest yawn, I stummbled down to the candy bar and went outside for a spell half way through, it's just way too long and boring. I once was a big Star Wars fan so I figured LOTR would grow on me, it didn't. I really tried to like the film, but it failed me.
So the effects are awesome, no doubt, the war scenes are simply stunning. But that's all I liked about it. The actings hopeless and the script is rushed, uninspired and has no wit whatsoever. Character development is way below par, I couldn't relate to any of them and I didn't give two hoots if they lived, died or were enslaved. It needed a scene stealing character, Harrison Ford's Hans Solo was the difference in Star Wars. Likeable and unique characters is one of Star Wars strong point when comparing the two sagas, even something that seems relatively small can make a big difference in how the film connects.
I'm sorry, I just don't get it. In fact to be perfectly honest, I hated it. It was utterly boring, uninvolving, terribly written, unconvincingly acted and completely predictable. One of the greatest visual feasts ever, fine if your deaf, although I'm confident any blind man would have walked out halfway through and wished he was deaf aswell.