My favorite out of the trilogy.

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2004)

This is the best out of the trilogy - books or movies - and it is a well-done movie. However, it is important to note that as Legolas' surfing down stairs on a shield in LOTR:TT was uncalled for, so was his surfing down the trunk of the oliphaunt. That and many other comic-relief moments took away from the movie and made it a little too "Hollywood" for my taste. But, luckily, those moments are far and few between. It was a good movie and a fair addition to the movie trilogy. You should still read the books for the full story, though. Much of the third book is not included in the third movie as it is really a combination of the end of the Two Towers and some of the Return of the King. Read the books.