I wept at the sheer waste of it all..

Rating: 1/10 (25 May 2004)

$100 million wasted on this film. The money should have gone to AIDS or cancer research. I have never seen such a wasteful film in all my life. Endless wasted opportunities and more damage done to Universal's horror icons than Lucas could ever do to Star Wars. As a movie it fails. As a kid's movie it fails. It's possible to make an intelligent film that appeals to both adults and children - the original Star Wars trilogy and The Lord Of The Rings are proof of this. Violence without bloodshed is a useless paradox - I can't believe that no-one watching this monstrosity being assembled didn't decide to end it down the line. By denying money to critical research and releasing this film, they've increased human suffering on two fronts.