Great effects wasted by length of movie

Rating: 6/10 (9 February 2004)

This would have gone down as one of the best movies ever in my book were it not for the fact that the editor forgot what it meant to "edit" a movie. I would like to see what actually made it to the cutting room floor. The scenes with Sam, Frodo, and Smeagol climbing the mountain seemed like they would never end. This should have been a 150-160 minute film.