Just Awesome

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

The first two movies, which are excellent in their own right, truly set the stage for the third installment of what I think is automatically one of the best trilogies of all time. What is so great is that a lot of material from previous movies that were only touched on are given more attention in thise movie, such as Smeagol's story. The battle scenes are awesome and speak for themselves. The one thing I thought that was a little lacking is that the supporting characters don't have such a big role in this one. Even the main trio of Legolas, Gimli, and the King himself (Aragorn) find themselves playing second fiddle to Frodo, Sam, Gollum, Gandalf, Merry and Pippin. Maybe it is because I'm partial to those three, but to me it seemed they weren't in it as much. A positive thing is that we finally see Arwen for more than 2 minutes in this one.
Having read the book more than once, I think Peter Jackson did a great job with it, and not only didn't mess it up, but captured the essence of it and enhanced it. Anyone who says the movie pays no respect to the book and makes a big deal about minor details, plot changes and characters being changed and/or discarded has problems, IMHO.
So go see it ASAP.. and one more thing... FORTH EORLINGAS!