Good but not great

Rating: 6/10 (3 March 2012)

OK, I'll admit, some scenes were phenomenally presented. The Company's journey through the Mines of Moria and the subsequent sorrow at the loss of Gandalf were excellent. The final battle scene was very well done (sad as it should've been), and Lothlorien was amazing, though much colder and more aloof than I expected. Many of the characters are great, and some aren't so much. Aragon is excellent but Arwen grandly sucks, and isn't even supposed to have the roles she does. Galadriel is awesome, however. Gollum is too cutesy to be scary, and Elrond is a bit of a jerk. What bugs me most are the unnecessary changes from the original story. The bar scene, the made up love scenes, the lack of Glorfindel and the omission of Tom Bombadil, to mention a few. Overall it was decent but they could've done much better with it. But of the 3 movies it is definitely the best one by far. Which doesn't say a whole lot considering how weak the other two are but oh well. I give it an in between ranking.