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- Year
- 2001
- Rating *
- 8.7
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- 12 comments
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- All-Time Worldwide Box... #21 (95%)
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- The 21st... #29 (88%)
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- AFI's 100... #50 (51%)
- BAFTA - Best Film #56 (14%)
- All Time Box Office #75 (26%)
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12 comments
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Tolkein is, admittedly, the gold-standard of fantasy world-makers, but his plotting is fairly weak and predictably linear. Fortunately, that's a pretty perfect combination for adolescent readers who are weaning themselves of childhood fiction. Tolkein gives twelve-year-olds (the age at which many fans first visit Middle Earth) the complexity of detailed settings without demanding too much in the way of parallel storylines. The triumph of friendship over greed and moral right over military might are conservative themes as easily grasped as the story's sparse plot lines. When Tolkein's young readers grow up, they no doubt take with them a fondness for these tales, even though they graduate to far more complicated narratives. Peter Jackson's films awaken that nostalgic warmth -- with all its benefits and shortcomings. Honestly: ring here, volcano there. Nine hours in between?
Way better than the other two.
Best of the bunch. Truest in spirit to Tolkien's work.
Long ass movie. It's good, just long as hell.
*highly rated
I don't understand why this is so highly better. It was just like a slightly better Harry Potter movie to me. It's the equivalent of the Half Blood Prince being nominated for Best Picture. This was pretty good, but I hope the next two are better.
Definitely over-rated.. but then I didnt like the book either - which makes me one very few, i know - I just don't find the characters to be endearing or interesting at all - i feel nothing toward them. I havent seen the next two, but i might try and watch them one day to see if they are better...
Haha, you made me laugh squeamish.
I find it overrated. Jackson's King Kong is far better.
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