> I was really looking forward to spending an afternoon hopefully enjoying
> this movie. I had heard it was great! If I had it to do over again I would
> have saved my money. This movie obviously took a lot of work and I'm sure
> cost a ton of money but that doesn't always mean it is going to be any
> good. For one thing I don't know why whenever someone does a movie with
> knights and wizards that they feel they have to make the movie in that
> wierd "dark" color. I felt like I wanted to constantly adjust my
> color controls. A quick 3 hours? Hardly! There is about 30 minutes of
> actual action and the rest of the time there is either a shot of "the
> ring" or someone in a conversation about a bunch of nonsense... the
> kind of nonsense that disgraces the teachings of Jesus Christ. Give me
> the movie and I could have easily edited out an hour and no one would know
> the difference. There are some great looking monsters and the wizard is
> excellent, but the fight scenes are not as spectacular as people are
> saving (see Braveheart). There are the typical dumb hollywood things like
> the wizard not using his power when he really needs it and Hobbits (who
> did a little training with swords on their way to the mountain) are taking
> out huge orcs that are bred for nothing but to kill, maim and destroy
> anything in their path. The ending is ridiculous, they leave you hanging
> on for the sequel...

> One day Jesus will come back and He will fight evil the right way.

No, offense just some food for thought..... But...You know, I find it odd that Christians, who are supposed to have the corner on forgiveness and doing unto others can be so close minded and uninformed.

A Recovering Christian