lord_of_the_rings

So flawed. But yet, at times, so good.

It’s just too much movie for one movie – even if it is just barely half of the LOTR story.

There are a few moments of character development, however, that I think are handled better here than in Jackson’s trilogy. The formation of the Fellowship, for example.

But the dialogue, for the most part, sounds like Bible verses. Ultimately, this is an exhausting affair, even if I dig the rotoscoping and some of the painterly backgrounds.