![]() And the growl of an actor painted green does sound - sort of - like he might be saying “gollum.” One man is clearly a wizard, though the special effects are, at their best, not very good. ![]() I thought everything was perfect.The hobbits and elves are familiar, if the Soviet folk-rock is not. What's wrong with this movie? I have no idea. I was also very impressed by the seamless shrinking of the vertically challenged characters. The special effects were incredible, the cave troll, the balrog, Gollum, and Sauron's Eye all looked amazing. Oh, and Andy Serkis does a PERFECT Gollum voice. My hat's off to Sean Bean who delivers an excellent performance as Boromir, a character who's intentions are good but wrestles with the corrupting power of the Ring. Wood, Mortensen, Holm, Astin, everyone was fantastic. ![]() As I've read many many times in other reviews, McKellen doesn't play Gandalf, he IS Gandalf. Despite these minor changes, the screenplay stays extremely close to the book and flows very very well (and the prologue was a nice touch). I didn't mind Arwen's inflation and I'm actually glad Tom Bombadil was scrubbed (I felt Tom Bombadil was an unnecessary addition to the book). I'm not a crazed fanatic who gets worked up over every little detail. I read the Lord of the Rings very recently and I was surprised at how similar Peter Jackson's vision was to my own. Never before have I seen a 3 hour movie that didn't seem like 3 hours.
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