Jacked Up

Rating: 3/10 (7 July 2003)

Perhaps my judgment is a bit skewed, having camped out 30 hours for the premier of this movie and expecting to see the gates of heaven open up as soon as they turned on the projectors (I had high expectations of this film), But I think that Peter Jackson should be shot repeatedly with a BB gun for what he did to Tolkien's masterpiece. I mean, even in the first movie when he left out Tom Bombadil I could understand the reasoning. But if you're going to cut something for reasons of time, DON'T ADD ANYTHING! Everything that was added to this movie was total crap from an oliphaunt's ass. Any true fan of Tolkien should be incensed at the utter butchering of the story. I could go into examples, but I'm sorta strapped for time currently, and I'm sure they've been discussed at length here (I'm a little late, but I just registered here, so... well you know). The only redeeming qualities were the first 10 minutes, and the way they did gollum (although the portrayal of the character was more humourous than it should have been).

All this being said... I'll probably end up buying the 4-disc special edition DVD and camping out overnight in preparation for Return of the King... :)