I don't get it...

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2003)

What a waste of time. The lack of realism was horrible. Why is it that everyone if raving about this director - his character relationships, etc. did not touch me in the slightest. I can suspend reality to belive in giants, trolls, orcs, and dragons but don't paint unrealistic human relationships and expect me to believe them.
So the orc army was killed by ghosts. Uh, okay. So women are killing bad ass shadowlords. So calvary can kill orc infantry+ huge animals bigger than mamoths.
So a stormed castle does not fall. So 2 hobbits are barely alive and exhausted, and they're running all around.
So a hobbit can kill trained warrior. So what's up with mister baggy eyes getting all that screen time again?
So we have a 80 year old wizard who seems to only be a master swordsman and not a magic user. So the humans approve and cheer when an freaky elf marries their king.
So what's with all these little reminesings prior to imminent death?
So how many loose ends you gonna tie up?
Perhaps the most annoying thing was the emphasis on the two other hobbits (although Frodo and Sam were bad also). I actually walked out of the movie early - just as they were about to go to the 'shire'