terrible disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (28 December 2002)

I first read the books in the 1950s as a teenager and was "blown away'.Over the years I recognised that there were many boring and irritating aspects to the writing,though not the story.When Peter Jackson said he was going to film L.O.T.R. I had such high hopes.Unfortunately Mr Jackson seems to have misunderstood the theme entirely:in altering the plot he has not just thrown the baby out with the bathwater,but also the bath.Christopher Lee thinks the film deserves an Oscar -that's sad.All in all I hated "the Two Towers"-and my teenage son didn't think much of it either.Apart from Gollum the C.G.I.was very overrated and character development was poor.Verdict:nul point