Roller Coaster directing

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2002)

There were tremendous moments in this film. There were scenes that made your hair stand on end and take your breath away. But then there were sections where I started staring at the walls and ceiling. It seemed to me that the areas where Jackson strayed the most from the book were the sections that were the least entertaining and the most jerky. Also, some of Jackson's changes where very non-original going to over used "hero over the cliff, thought lost, but wait." Of course things must be rearranged to fit a movie, but many were just done poorly giving a very jerky and inconsistent feel to the movie.
Despite all its flaws, this is still a better movie than most. The highs still overcome its lows.