Great film but the ending was an anticlimax

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2002)

When i was younger i read the hobbit and immediately bought the lord of the rings and no matter how hard i tried i could never get into the story and never read beyond the first few chapters.
This film has given me the heart to try and read it again, it was pure fantasy and good entertainment for nearly 3 hours.
The only sad point was the ending where the film just stopped as if it was the intermission . i sat watching the titles feeling a little cheated and intense frustration at having to wait months for the saga to continue.
Considering all three episodes were shot in a continuous shoot the time in between the episodes is too long.
I presume a year is to give the producers plenty of time to get loads of cash in.
Anyway a very enjoyable film on par with some of the great unfinished symphonies............. bet they frustrated the audience at the end too