02/01/06 Ringers: Lord Of The Fans

Ringers: Lord Of The Fans (2005), directed by Carlene Cordova

watched w/ Leslie (partially); DVD rental (Blockbuster) @ home

Wow, this was disappointing. And such great potential this had. It's almost as if they rushed this thing along to ride the coat-tails of the monsterously lucrative franchise. It enlists one of the hobbits of Peter Jackson's flicks (dude from Lost) as narrator, and has tons of famous people interviewed about how LOTR & Tolkien shaped their lives. Mad credit here for snagging Lemmy from Motorhead! Who saw that coming?! However, this was just full of bad (cable access TV bad) visual effects & re-enactments. Who knew hippies ruined Tolkien's dream? It gets two stars merely on interesting tidbits of Tolkien trivia, and the Lemmy nod.

2 out of 5 stars