Too long!

Rating: 7/10 (4 January 2003)

In the space of Three hours not a lot happens! A bit of fighting then some walking then some more fighting. The fighting does look good and that's pretty much the only redeeming aspect of this film. This movie is at times unbearably slow, you just wonder why it takes three hours to get to the end which is of course where the next film will begin. It's just pointless, maybe it follows the book too closely, I wouldn't know though, I haven't read it. Frodo is meant to be the hero right? well, he's barely characterized in the movie and he's just plain dull, not that he's on screen much anyway, in fact it seems as if there are so many characters to keep up with that each one only gets a couple minutes screen time. The movie has a couple plots going on at once and because some scenes are overly long you would have forgotten what was going on previously with another group of characters. Fans of the book though will most likely love this, but again, what's the point? Why turn it into a movie if you're not going to appeal to those who haven't read the book?