Fight Fight Fight Fight

Rating: 5/10 (26 December 2002)

I get the feeling that Tolkien really wanted to see how long it was possible to string someone along for a fight sequence.
Now I'm not talking about a WWF Smack Down event... but one bloody long battle... split into a few separate sections with the occasional joke thrown in.
It really seems to me that this movie, and indeed the book, was an attempt to display a blood lust that, quite frankly was not needed.
Don't get me wrong... Special effects are some of the best I have ever seen, all though the chromakey (spelling?) shots of the boys riding on the tree creature (name eludes?) were a bit disappointing.
All up a great battle sequence that went for 2 hours too long... and for someone who was considered to be a creative visionary, why would he put such a trite monologue for Sam at the end...
Flame away!
Stuart