Unhelpful

And what do we do when the desire to review a movie vastly outpaces the need for a review?

It could be argued that there is about as much need to proselytize about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as there is to run a public service campaign about the long-term benefits of breathing. There are only three types of people who will not see this movie: people who do not care for movies, people who do not like fantasy movies, and the most extreme fundamentalist minority of Tolkien purists who had convinced themselves that they were honor-bound to despise this production even before Liv Tyler was cast. It is, assuredly, their loss. Those three groups do not need a review. The majority of regular movie viewers have already seen the movie, or have plans to, and a review is not going to change their minds. Why, then, do I even bother discussing this movie? Read more »