Good, but not something I would want to see again

Rating: 8/10 (31 December 2004)

This movie was extremely entertained and well, filmed, my only complaint was that the ending kept ending, then starting, then ending. However, I would not see it again, or purchase it on DVD. At three hours, sitting down to watch it is a daunting prospect to say the least. Some scenes seem to go on forever, but at least it does not suffer The Two Tower's problem of having half the movie be entertaining and the other half necessary drudgery. Still, better editing would have helped step up the pacing a bit, and the filming for close quarters was poorly done, with far too much shaking around and closeups of random bits of steel. Overall, I say rent it, don't buy it.