[Promotum] LOTR Reviews

[Edmund A. Hintz]

     For the enjoyment of those who don't frequent /., here's some 
reviews of LOTR, which opened yesterday in the UK. I was saying to 
Samantha the other night, after watching a LOTR special on TV, that if 
Jackson has managed to make the films merely 1/3 as good as the books, 
LucasFilms Star Wars juggernaut is in huge trouble. Star Wars, while I've 
always loved it, is still basically average mythology wrapped up in 
Science/Fantasy dressing; while LOTR is universally acclaimed as THE 
premiere fantasy work of our age. Given that Jackson has so much more to 
work with, dethroning Star Wars is a very achievable feat. Anyway, here's 
the reviews from the UK, which indicate to me that Jackson may well have 
pulled it off (warning-if you've never read the books there may be some 
plot spoilage here):

http://film.guardian.co.uk/0,3968,423571,00.html 
http://film.guardian.co.uk/lordoftherings/news/0,11016,616644,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/reviews/newsid_1702000/17021
77.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/review?ac=006793036230474&rtmo=LNyd3Kid&atmo=rrr
rrrrq&pg=/et/01/12/11/bfrings11.html


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