Out of the three I like this the best.

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2004)

I loved the sumptuous colours in the clothes and scenery.
It made me fall in love with middle earth all over again. As an ardent JRR Tolkien fan I had read the books a few times and as a teacher had read The Hobbit to a class.
As Professor Tolkien would devote pages to describing what something looked like I was not disappointed with the scenery.
The party scene was fantastic and apart from the fact that in my mind Merry should of been Pippin and visa versa (to this day I still confuse which is which) I loved the characters and the actors who played them.
The only exception to this is Galadriel who I felt was too wishy washy to be an Elf Queen with all of this massive power as her disposal. I also did not like the way she delivered her lines. I know that many do not think this but hey I am entitled to my likes and dislikes.
I had a few problems when if deviated from the book but that is just the fact that I would happily sit through 8 hours if it meant they could film everything that happened in the book.