The book took less time to sit through

Rating: 5/10 (18 October 2006)

I find it very hard to believe this is #4 of all movies! Oh, it was a fine story, but it went on forever. I think everyone that gave this a high vote fell asleep for an hour in the middle and just gave it a high mark because they were guilty. I admit I had to fast forward through a bunch of it just to keep my interest.
Some random thoughts: Ghost warriors? didn't we see that in Pirates of the Caribbean? The Battle-Elephants: didn't we see that in one of the Star Wars movies? I was expecting to see an x-wing fighter come out and trip the elephants with some kind of cable.
Did you notice the TOTAL ripoff of BraveHeart? -- basically any battle scene in the LOTR trilogy was a ripoff of BraveHeart.
What was Mr. Smith from the Matrix doing? it looked like he was pimping Liv to Aragorn?! of course, anything with Liv gets at least a couple of stars! but why did she get third billing in the credits? she was in for like two small scenes? Why was Frodo the star? Sam had him beat from an integrity perspective. of course, he was a pain when he was in 24 last season.
What was Charlie from Lost doing? it looked like he was being carried in the last two movies--Ent's in LOTR2 and by whats-her-name in this one.
Basically, i think this is WAY over-rated.
At least there were no Ewoks.