K_Deloz

From a technical acting view, Sean Patrick Flannery is amazing in this movie. You forget he is an actor and believe the character is him. I cannot imagine the headaches he must have had from the self-imposed blood pressure!

To the plot, it is hard to argue the point the movie makes. If you have eyes to see, you will see. If you don't want to see, it may go right over your head.

Regardless, this is an outstanding show you should not miss. I guess you could say it is a "horror" movie in how you will feel but it is not really horror. But you will feel severe empathy for one of the characters.

SPF deserves an academy award with this portrayal. His is some of the best acting I have seen put on the screen in quite some time. We will be buying this one when it comes out as it is definitely a watch again for me!

As a lover of the original, the only good actor was Sarah Jessica Parker as she captured the essence of the original character. Other that, acting is incredibly campy and relies on people acting like idiots to make up for the poor storyline. For example, the primary targets of the witches act like complete idiots, yet they are in charge? What does that say for everyone else following them?

There is no reason to care for any of the characters at all. Complete lack of character development and what you do know, you care to know more.

The other point of irritation is how obvious Disney makes it when they include politically hot topics as though everyone must be informed where Disney and their writers stand. I just want to see a good movies that take me out of reality for a couple hours, not be reminded of topics in the news everyday. That is just lazy writing. Many good writers implement inclusion in transparent ways that do not steal focus from the storyline. Whether I agree with the point or not doesn't matter if it is not right in my face. Again, that is extremely lazy writing.

Not a hater but not terribly impressed. In a world where CGI and green screen is the normal way of business, not to mention the immense funds invested, the better be amazing! So I do not give much credit for it being beautiful, which it is. That is like congratulating someone for doing their job. You shouldn't need kudos for doing the minimum, so no bonus points for visuals.

As for the story, I was not impressed. It is pretty obvious they took a collection of disjoined notes and formed a story, which is disappointing. They should have spent more time and brought in people who know the books well to form cohesive structure and backstory.

The acting is rough. I do not blame the actors, they did well with what they were handed. This comes down to the writers. It was though individual writers were assigned individual characters to create how they wanted, then afterward the scripts were combined. The flow is rough and I am not invested in anyone. I wanted to like Galadriel as she is one of the epics in the story. However I don't. They did too much with her and too little with others. Why are the Dwarfs a bunch of fools? Sure they have stereotypes, but they are older creatures with centuries of experience. Likewise, as mentioned in other reviews, the elves being surprised by the world beyond their borders? Come on, elves are known in this universe for being extremely intelligent and well experienced with the world.

In summary, the disjointed nature of the characters is really what killed this for me. Fix that and you have an 8/10. Make Galadriel a respectable and "realistic" leader, not a one-person army, and you have a 9/10. As it stands now, it is a challenge to be excited or to care what happens next.