Jackson drops the ball

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2003)

I'm going to keep this short for everyone's sake: this is by far the weakest of the three films. Not to say it's bad, because it isn't - it just does not stand next to the other two. There is a major change to the books which just does not work, and there's some really ropey CGI shots in the latter third of the movie. You'll know them when you see them, so I won't even hint.