What Crap!

Rating: 3/10 (23 December 2003)

Spoilers!! Gerald: Well, Marsha, you got me to The Lord of the Rings part 3, my thought throughout it was, "ridiculous nonsense interspersed with ugly nonsense" or "What Crap!". Okay, I grant you it was exciting in a Star Wars meets the middle ages kinda way. But I was bored a lot, how come the elves won't share their shampoo with the humans. Aragon doesn't wash his hair till the final coronation scene. Hope I'm not giving anything away for those of you who thought the hero might actually die in this formulaic Nordic sword opera. And speaking of Nordic, is this movie white or what? Marsha:I was bored. I kept thinking about what I was going to wear to work the next day. Now there's a bad sign. These people take themselves so seriously too. At least in Stars Wars there was humor. Nothing much funny happens in this movie. The battle scenes are very real, special effects incredible, scenery gorgeous but the story just doesn't work for me. I'm just not into this kind of fantasy. If you loved the books go see this. If you don't like fantasy or war movies, don't bother. Gerald: And characters, the only characters with more than one dimension are Frodo and the animated Gollum/Smigel. A friends ten year old loved it. I'd say that was the appropriate audience, though I know this puts me in a tiny minority.Me I wanna see the new Nicholson movie, or Stuck on You, I like my stupid movies to be funny, not ugly.The Lord of the Rings-#3 if you loved 1&2 you'll love #3. They're all #2 to me.