Best picture/director/editing? Please....

Rating: 5/10 (26 June 2005)

I watched all three just to see what the fuss LOTR is all about. Also it is only fair then to give a review. After watching ROTK, I have to ask again, what is all the fuss about?
I have to admit, I did not read the book but it does not make me any less credible to give an opinion as I am movie lover and this is a review of a movie, not a book. Storyline aside, which I actually have no problem with, even though I don't find that interesting either, the trilogy is a series of badly made films. Acting by the main characters was terrible. Name me one part of acting that burns permanently in your mind as mind blowing. Worse of all, continuity was practically not a priority, which it should. Obviously, editing was done haphazardly. That is why the acting quality suffered badly. From one scene where the characters were sad, in just a few seconds they were back to happy.
I have no arguments that it may be a hard film to make, considering the backdrop of the storyline or maybe how closely it tried followed the book but Jackson received far too much credit to be awarded by director. The makeup and costumes, the cinematography etc were awesome. That I will give all due credits but to be considered a best film is too generous. It is simply entertaining at best. The CGI was not that good and I have seen much better fight scenes in other films within the same capacity.
I'm sorry, I tried to like these films (I watched all three even though I already did not like Fellowship) but I simply can't. Bad continuity, editing and acting puts me off.