A film of epic proportions.

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2003)

Even those who have no read the books will enjoy this piece. Having been one who has read the entire trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien, I believe Peter Jackson has done this movie justice.
It is the last installment of the trilogy, and a good one it is. It's filled with two great battles and some interesting twists that those who have not read the books will like.
The only complaints I have with this is the firstly the length. Even though I knew it would have to be long because it began at the end of the book "The Two Towers", but I still hold that they did not need to show the leaving to the Grey Havens. Although I enjoyed it, it was superfluous. Also, I did not find that the decision to leave out Denethor's palantir a wise choice. For those of you who have not read the books, a palantir is a seeing stone which has appeared in the first two installments, under Saruman's (played by Christopher Lee) care. Without knowing that Denethor had one of these "crystal balls", his madness seems quite out of place.
All in all, this movie was a brilliant work which made me want to see it again and again despite its length. I hope that the rumors of the making of "The Hobbit" are true, because then I would have something else to look forward to from Peter Jackson!