Didn't enjoy it

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2003)

I read the book and know that recreating a well loved book is often a difficult task, so I tried to judge this movie based upon it own entertainment value and merits. I gotta say the scope of the battle scenes were huge and awe inspiring, and the FX for Gollum was excellent, but...
As a story that is meant to elicit an emotional response this movie failed miserably. Part of it must have been the hype that surrounded the movie, but alot of it was with the movies failure to be anything more than eye candy. In defense of the director, it may not be possible to capture the scope of the epic that Tolkien created. Maybe it is, but the way Jackson has done it has not compelled me to be interested in the fate of the characters. Maybe its the acting. I never really got any sense that I cared about any of the characters.
I could rant on about any number of other issues, but you get the gist of my opinion... didn't do it for me.