Sometimes more is LESS!

Rating: 6/10 (7 January 2004)

One has to admire this film (and the others in the trilogy) for its technical achievement and the scale of the undertaking, but that doesn't mean it is due any special respect beyond that. Of course opinions will vary wildly (and probably mostly contrary to mine), but for me this was just not sufficiently entertaining to justify its length. Well, the story is familiar, and that probably undermines the film for me (and I am not in awe of Tolkein's work anyhow), but just because Tolkein went over the top there was no need for Peter Jackson to follow. I would have probably liked the film better if it were not so long and repetitive (how many battle scenes can one watch before tiring of them). Sometimes more is less!