I hate Lord of the Rings too. And Star Wars was popluar when it first came out because of the visurial effects it on, and it was something different. And then people started to fallow the story. For Lord of the Rings, I'm not sure why it's so popluar.
Same, it's about a midget that needs to destroy some retarted ring. Gah, if that were me, I'd just cut the ring in half and hide them in Australia. They're of course terrorists, we'll be find. Al Qaeda doesn't know what Australia is :P