[kaylar]

I just read TTT's first negative review, on rottentomatoes.com. It can be read here. Now, if someone wants to criticize LOTR, or FOTR or TTT, that's certainly their perogative, but it's painfully obvious (as the critic herself acknowledges) that she knows very little about the book. The plot points to which she objects (eg, Bilbo giving the ring to Frodo when he knows how corrupting is the ring's evil) were fully answered in the book, and IMO in FOTR as well. This review lowers TTT's score at rottentomatoes from an unprecedented (so far as I'm aware) 100% fresh to a "mere" 93% fresh-not that reviews are going to affect this film's attendance levels one teeny bit. The review and all the reviews at the rottentomatoes link contain SPOILERS and I've posted the links solely for the benefit of those here who (like me) are so eager to see the film that reviews are being read compusively as a 'fix' to get us through till December 18th, which will never get here.

[Maigret]

Probably just a contrarian, and who would read her review among all the good ones if hers was good as well?

[The Iguana]

Well, it *is* the only negative review so far at RT.

I suspect we can consider it a "statistical outlier."

[Long Cut]

Actually, the "fresh" rating for TTT is at 96%, with the review you cite being the ONLY negative one (out of 26).

Thus, it is safe to say that the reviewer may be ignored as being quite more interested in "standing out" and being contrarian, than in honestly reviewing the film.

That, or whomever she was with stopped for drinks afterward and bolted out the restroom-window. considering the attitude presented in the review, I lean towards the "men's-room-ejection sequence" theory.