An unbiased view of this movie

Rating: 2/10 (18 August 2006)

I can't believe that I canceled an entire outing to watch the full 3.5 hrs of this movie which turned out to be extremely disappointing and downright boring at times. I followed the hype, the rating and thought that this movie must really be one of the best in the world and it certainly is not. It is actually one of the poorer movie efforts I've seen. The story is very weak and the happy ending is expected. The pile of CGI ie the Golem was rendered completely pointless by his portrayal in this film and the series could have actually gone on without it. There is even less of a villain in this movie than there was in the first and second movies. The movie is divided into two parts, namely Frodo's boring and mostly event-less journey and a banal war which the good guys obviously win. Avoid this movie despite all the hype. It has nothing new.