Excellent film, worth the wait!

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2003)

This film will knock your socks off! From beginning to end you will be thoroughly entertained,if not enthralled. I have read the book, several times, and I still watched, openmouthed, as scene after scene unfolded. I cheered, cried and gasped at each turn of events and, even though I knew the outcome, I murmurred encouragement and advice throughout. I was totally involved with the proceedings and loved every moment. I can't separate the three films. I view them as one gloriously long and involving movie, which I think was Peter Jackson's original intent. In my opinion, this trilogy will remain unsurpassed for a very long time. I can't wait to see ROTK again, bum numbing three hours and ten minutes not withstanding.