Nitpickers are wrong

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2002)

I fully accept that this film, nor it's predecessor, will be to all tastes. However, it is a shame that such a superb film, crafted by devoted film-makers, is picked apart by some of the comments made within this forum. It is certainly true to say that there are very minor points of criticism that can be levelled against it. But taken against the film as a whole they are largely irrelevant. When I go to see a film I want to be thoroughly entertained and moved by the experience. This film, and FOTR, achieved that. I did not, and never do for that matter, go with the intention of seeking out every minor fault in a film. If I did that, there would be very few that I would enjoy. The nitpickers are a pretty sad bunch and I do wonder whether they set out with the assumption that they would not enjoy the film before seeing it. I have read the book several times over the past 30 years, and despite the diversions, PJ has fully captured the essence of the world Tolkein created. That is one hell of an achievement, and I have no doubt that after ROTK this trilogy will go down in history as one of the landmarks of film history.