Ridiculous

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2002)

I'm finding all of these overly negative reviews absolutely ridiculous. They seem to be coming from one of two types of people.
1. The Tolkien nerds. They want to see this movie EXACTLY as it is in the book, with no amount of deviation from the book deemed acceptable. Get over it, it's changed up a little.
2. The "Go Against the Grain" nerds. This group is a little bit different. It's more of a "Pfffft, this is the most popular movie right now, and I need to be different". The average amount of dvds owned by the average individual in this group of people is probably around 300+.
Basically, what I'm trying to get to is: this is a great movie. Maybe it's not the best movie ever, but for gods sake, it's not the worst. So anyone who has not seen this movie, please keep this in mind, and go into it with an open mind. But, if you do get the urge to become one of the "OH MY GOD THEY CHANGED 2% OF THE STORY, I HAVE TO RUN TO THE INTERNET AND RANT ABOUT IT NOW!!!!!" people, please spare all of us, and just settle down.