Why, Peter. Why?

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2002)

I am a LOTR fan, but I nearly walked out of this movie. The acting was good and the scenes were well choreographed, but the plot failed to flow. This move ignored the book it was supposed to be about. The timelines in the book were ignored; the character development for new characters (such as Faramir) was bastardised and ruined for 'dramatic purposes'; scenes were added that did not exist in the book. I can [barely] accept the whole 'Arwen as Frodo's saviour' from The Fellowship Of The Ring, but what Jackson has done this time made me feel nauseous - I actually felt the desire to vomit while watching this movie. The movie started and seemed to rush forward without any sense of coherency or sense of timing, and then they started on the action to blind the audience to the significant gaps in the plot. The action was good, but the gaps in the plot made it hard to follow. This WAS 3 hours of my life I will never be able to get back.