Hugely disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2004)

After the superb Two Towers, this is such a let-down - all the changes from the book lessen its depth and emotional impact and even at times totally betray Tolkien's intentions: the portrayal of Denethor, Frodo's turning against Sam, the return to an unchanged Shire are desperately disappointing, and the treatment of the Paths of the Dead sequence is like something from a cheap horror movie. What was Peter Jackson thinking of - did he understand the book at all?