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Title: Not very original.
Review: Since there is so much interest in Tolkien and his Rings books, I thought this would have some important content. Wrong. The story seems to be largely derivative, taking themes and ideas from a variety of classic literature: Homer's Odessy, the Arthurian legends, the Biblical book of Ezekiel, etc. There wasn't even a clear reason for ending the first movie of the series where it did. Perhaps if the movie does not closely follow Tolkien the books might be better.As a movie, the action scenes are repetitive and dull, despite the excessively graphic carnage. The female characters are few and shallowly characterized, and the significance of the different groups of beings and their characteristics unclear, despite some explicit statements.Was it worth the price of admission? Yes, but it wasn't the exciting cinema I was expecting.
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