Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2001)

This film was absolutely superb on so many levels. The only films I have ever looked forward to more than this are the Star Wars films but now I'm not so sure. Although I'll have AOTC next May my anticipation for The Two Towers is already at boiling point. FOTR has some of the most stunning sets I have ever seen be they real or CGI effect they are beautiful to behold. As for the action scenes, you could real feel the tension, when the drums start in Moria you can feel every beat. I can now see why the Balrog has been kept under wraps, although it's screen time is quite short it doesn't fail to impress. I won't go any further into the details of the film suffice to say that it doesn't deviate from the book nearly as much as some people have made out and at the end of the day it is impossible to fit a 400 page book into a 3 hour film. Go see it and enjoy, you will not be disappointed.