Don't watch the movie if you haven't seen Part 1 or read the book

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2003)

What can I say? Totally confusing? That's how I felt all the way through the movie. I am not a fan of role plays, I have not read the books but I have seen Part 1, The Fellowship of the Ring, and I thought it was a good movie. The tricks and the atmosphere were great, but there the plot was also confusing. Perhaps you can't always make a perfect movie out of a book. In this case you need to make sense of so many things at once that it can be quite demanding. I simply don't care enough to learn about the seemingly limitless worlds in which the manifold characters live. Elves, gnomes, fairies, who can keep up with them? I like complexity but not in a fantasy world, but I don't remember when I have seen that on a screen. Moreover, a movie is for entertainment and I was only amazed at the quality of this second part so I could not even begin to grasp the highly confusing story! I think this movie is for experts and fans.