Thursday, January 02, 2003
I can't believe that I have now spent six hours of my life in front of this Lord of the Rings cinematic poo-pile. I did not enjoy the first one and like the second installment, The Two Towers, even less.
I am not part of the Tolkien cult — didn't read the books, too twee for my taste with the elves and so on. If I want meditations on power, there are thousands of less cutesy sources. Therefore I cannot judge the movies against their source material.
For all their visual sophistication, the movies are narratively retarded. I suppose you could say, "When scene after scene is that thrilling, who cares what's going on?" Well, I do, or, rather, I would if there was anything resembling a character up there on the screen. (Although I must admit a soft spot for the Gollum character — no, wait, that was an animation.)
In the movie, despite the truly thrilling visuals, the sight of the handsome Caucasian people battling the mottle-skinned, bad-dentistry bad guys was too much for me to stomach. The picture on the screen said, pretty loudly, "racial demonization."
Once again the mainstream media and their sycophantic reviewers fail us. Technologically spectacular and utterly inept all at once — a movie for our times.
Skimble rating: 4 out of 10.
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