Nah....

Rating: 5/10 (28 November 2005)

There's just too much material in the LOTR books to fit into even three long films, and Peter Jackson has done some severe pruning here, losing the rather bloodthirsty "Scouring of the Shire" and the downfall of Saruman. In fact, about a third of this movies is taken up with stuff that should have been in "The Two Towers" but presumably didn't fit.
The major problem is that (as in TTT) Jackson has inserted yet more of his own Aragorn-Arwen scenes to try and keep some romantic plot going, and presumably maintain the interest of female viewers dragged to the cinema by their boyfriends and husbands. It's a waste of screen time which should have been better used.
Visually - as with the other films - it's almost impeccable (a few obviously painted backgrounds here and there such as the Grey Havens), and the acting is first class, although I do find Legolas' stunts increasingly ridiculous.
One day someone might make the definitive LOTR films, but Jackson has ensured it won't be for a long time yet.