Best of the Trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2004)

I won't give a detailed review on this film, as there are over 1650 reviews already (!!) but this one has definitely become my favorite of the Trilogy.
Everyone will know the story by now... so all I have to add is I was very impressed with the battles, Frodo's encounter with Shelob, the journey through Mordor and Gollum's 'ending'. The orc commander was cool and ugly, he reminded me of the alien leader from Peter Jackson's earlier movie Bad Taste.
I enjoy long movies, you get your $15 worth! The only problem I had was the absence of an intermission (really the fault of the theaters rather than the film!) Movies this long need a break in the middle. Also it didn't quite know where to finish, so went on a wee bit at the end.

10/10