Why not come straight out and say it: this is a bad movie. A good 90 minutes too long, and a sign of the real limitations of Peter Jackson as a director. This is a man so proud of his special effects – and they are very good – that he has to show them to us again, and again, and again… The story’s there to support the CGI rather than the other way around. And as a Kiwi I’m unhappy with the way this “success” of the NZ film industry, the pride of the nation, is turning the country into cheap location and SFX outsourcing for Hollywood.
by Ian Johnston | Source: 35mm print
02 Jan 2006 8:55 PM | Submit Comment