A fabulous film, but could have been even better

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2005)

I saw this film last weekend and whilst I thought it was great, it could have been even better, had the content of the first hour not been so obviously 'rushed'.
With the size of the book, it was always going to be a challenge to turn it into the film, but if the film had been just 30 minutes longer, I think the overall translation would have been so much better for it. At just over three hours, it would still have been shorter than LOTR The Return of the King was and that film is not too long, in my opinion...
Having said that, the content and effects of this film are great and a continued progression from the previous film. It's still definitely worth seeing, but I still wish there had been more of the book on the screen, as I left a little disappointed...