The Lord of the Rings is very-much oriented towards males, particularly boys.
It is a tale revolving around small males (hobbits) coming from conventional lives who suddenly find themselves having to become more than they were, overcome impossible odds and god-like foes, and stick close to their buddies. It is a male-bonding tale which has women being very-much secondary. You could realisticly remove all the female characters and retain the guts of the book
My 13-year-old daughter also had difficulty retaining interest in it when she first tried it a couple of years ago, but she's giving it another shot. I think this will not be a successful "date" movie for the most part
Hmmm, I daresay my younger sister loved the works more than I did and I loved them. After all, when I gave her Bored of the Rings to read she almost hit me. I still laugh about that book and I haven't seen a copy in over 20 years.
I sit on the floor and pick my nose
And think of wonderous things
Of deviant dwarves with a thing for toes
And elves who drub their dings.
Ahhh. Nothing like fine poetry to really spice up a story.
Yes, and that was nothing like fine poetry.
Go play with your Narcs, Sorehead! ;)
Shalom.