Not as good as the others say

Rating: Null/10 (23 January 2003)

I read LOTR, Silmarillion and Hobit and I was impressed, it had everything a great book should have, nice plot, well developed characters and optimism. On the other side there are films. First film was nice, but Frodo's(Elijah Wood) acting was horrible (especially the ghastly laughter at the beginning), and also the other actors didn't really live in their characters, and I felt that certain something was missing, but besides that I still bought the DVD and watched it approx. five times.
And then came TTT, I thought they would get it right this time. (Next lines may contain spoilers). First thing that troubled me was the part with Frodo and Sam, I know it is hard to bear the ring and that Frodo thinks he is too weak for the quest etc. but that doesn't mean that he should look and behave like he is on heavy drugs and/or is brain-dead. Also the Gollum's inner conflict shouldn't be like he has multiple personality disorder. Also there are some useless and pointless scenes (Battle for Osgiliath, Legolas jumping on the horse and Aragorn's mourning over the dead elf) in witch Jackson was showing off what he can do even if he destroys the plot-line and makes movie too long and boring. After 178 minutes of journey through the Middle earth I finally knew what was missing, THE SOUL AND THE COMMON SENSE witch unables this movie to be the true masterpiece. 7/10