Alex Cheruk

I really don't get the negativity. This movie really blew away my expectations. Of course it's not going to live up to the original Peter Jackson trilogy--nothing will. If you watch it expecting it to be anything like the original trilogy then of course you're going to be disappointed. You have to go into these films expecting something completely different, and different it was, but that doesn't make it bad! I honestly thought it was an amazing story and beautifully scripted. The characters were great too and the fight scenes were absolutely legendary. If this wasn't a LOTR movie I doubt all the smug "hardcore fans" that think they know better than everyone else would be leaving 1-star reviews.