The Bobbit - or there and back again.
Being the sad story bout a man of short moral stature and hairy palms, who, faced with trauma and loss, escapes into a fantasy world of wizards, dwarves and trolls, hunting for the treasures of a giant dragon-snake.
Most critics focused on the stretched-out story, complaining that a lot of scenes felt stitched-on, but director jackson retorted that the 3 movies lasted exactly the same time as the original surgical procedure, which was a great sucess.
To cast tilda swinton in the title role was considered cutting-edge at the time, although some described it as 'rehashing orlando with a sawed-off strap-on'
