to big-to fast

Rating: 5/10 (8 February 2005)

To me it's unbelievable that this movie counts as the second best movie ever made. The book(s) themselves are brilliant which means that Jackson had plenty to work with. He started out alright as far as i'm concerned; the first movie has the feel of a dark somewhat mysterious adventure. His reasons for changing from this feel to the more mainstream "big spectacle" feel remain a big question to me. Alright, this one's better then the second one, but i'm not sure that's that big of an accomplishment. The acting is mediocre from time to time, the special effects are great at one moment and stink the next. The scenario has a great potential, but turned out reasonable at best and to top this all: the dialogs are downright childish most of the time. All-in-all the whole movie, in my opinion, was shot way to fast. It lacks any artistic feeling.