very cool sequel!

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2004)

possibly one of the greatest sequels I have seen. Next to The Two Towers of course.
The visual effects are even more astounding this time around. Simply just picking up were effects in The Two Towers left off and building upon that.
The final battle of the film, which takes up about more then a hour of the movie is still all together good when the battle comes around.
Frodo's final downfall is done very well, not seeming too out-of-nowhere and odd. This was already shown in The Two Towers, only this time it has grown even more. Frodo finally Saying goodbye to Sam was a pretty well done scene, showing the terrible connection that Frodo now has to Gollum.
The breaking off with Gandolf and Pippin was pretty nice too. Showing that Gandolf had to now protect Pippin for his habit of screwing up...Big time! This was also very apparent in The Fellowship of the Ring, when the Fellowship is in the cave and Pipppin knocks a skeleton down into a well.
All around this movie is filled with fantastic acting, Spectacular special effects, awesome story which progresses very well all the way up into the end. Though the numerous endings do begin to get tedious. They still work.
All in All, this is a great sequel. Almost superior to The Two Towers. Though I felt The Two Towers was superior to The Fellowship of The Ring. Just showing that Peter Jackson kept outdoing himself from film-to-film.