Good?

Rating: 4/10 (5 February 2004)

I know I am in a minority but I did not think this was a truly great film. It was good and I liked it but not great. I thought the story was painfully predictable and just could not get use to the guy playing Frodo. He just seemed so weak, there was nothing about the character that made me care about him. I thought Ian Holm did an excellent job as Bilbo and perhaps that was the problem. Frodo compared to Bilbo was pretty pathetic!!!
The special effects are very good, and Andy Serkis who did the gollum bit deserves applaud but I recently watched Braveheart again and The Last Samurai and I thought the battle scenes in those films were far better. OK, they were not on such a grand scale, but they are more "realistic". Now, I know this is a fantasy film and was aimed at a much younger audience but I preferred the more realistic battles in the films already mentioned. To see "orlando" sliding all over that big battle elephant thing just looked poor.
But anyway, no doubt the film will win a whole host of oscars and other accolades. I just wonder if it will still be so revered in years to come?

7/10