It was fine

Rating: Null/10 (7 January 2003)

One thing that I find people having an extremely difficult time realizing is that the movie cannot in any way be exactly true to the book, there is absolutely no time for it. This movie was funded by a company that is smart and knows that no regular person is going to sit for longer than three hours in a movie theater. And they have money to make. But it was directed by a huge fan of Tolkein who knew that there are many fans just like him that he wanted to please. But he also had to please people who knew nothing about the books. Yes, it's sad what they took out and what they changed, but I am completely conifident that Peter Jackson changed it in ways that none of us could have imagined. With a project of this size you have to hit 5 birds with one stone every chance you get. And yes, there are small beautiful things that were left out. But I saw the Fellowship of the Ring and I hadn't even read or knew anything about the books, but after I saw it, there was nothing that could keep me from reading the book 24/7. These movies make fans happy, (if they will let themselves) and make non-fans curious, and I think that that is exactly what Peter was going for. I don't envy his job of trying to accomplish that, but admire him for doing a very good job.