Let's judge a movie by a minute-long clip.

[indigozeal]

I got to "the Goblin-cleaver" before having to pause from secondhand embarrassment. It's like they're making the mistakes most feared would be made with a big-budget fantasy movie before FotR was released - it's all twee elves decoratively strumming harps in the background while the heroes drone on about High Elves and sword names. It's dispiriting to see Jackson et al. putting their faith in proper names to move the story forward rather than in actual character.
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