[Paige Turner]

I was very impressed with Jackson's visual realizations of the characters, particularly the Ents and the Balrog, but let's face it. The movies were just annoying. They'll do for now, until someone is ready to take up the challenge actually telling the story of the Lord of the Rings, as opposed to this "based on characters created by JRR Tolkien" effort.

He did a better job that Ralph Bakshi, but then Ralph Bakshi is to animation what Stephen Hawking is to animation.