average, 6.0

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2003)

unlike most of the media critics reviews i have read, i thought this was not as good as the first one, although i thought the first one was just decent. maybe the dvd version will be better, most people who have seen the first movie on dvd say it is more ' filled out.'
POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD:
this movie was divided into three plotlines, only one of which i found half interesting. the ents and merry and pippen: very disappointing. gollum and frodo and samwise: filler. the riders of rohan and the rest of the fellowship: lots of potential and held my interest but never really fulfilled its promise, although some scenes were nice.
the fellowship- 6.5 stars the two towers- 5.9 stars
hopefully the last one will bring it all off as i loved the books and hope for the best.