Review: the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: one of the year 's best films 
Sentiment: positive


Review: on a cutting room floor somewhere lies ... footage that might have made no such thing a trenchant , ironic cultural satire instead of a frustrating misfire .