Exceeded expectations, which were high.

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2003)

I was one of the few that attended the Trilogy Tuesday. There were people in line at 6 AM in the morning, and some people traveled from as far as Oregon, Alaska, and Illinois to see it in Boise Idaho because it was sold out too quick were they live.
Watching all three in a row made it really easy to pick out Jackson's kids as extras in each movie. It also added a lot to the experience of watching ROTK. Since the books are all one single story it is nice to see the movies that way. The fact Jackson left off any kind of recap (which was a good move) makes them flow really well.
I felt like the movie moved along fine, with a number of very intense scenes that had the whole theater reacting. The ending took a while to wrap up, but if they didn't take the time to wrap everything up it would have been a major disappointment.
I gave it 10 out of 10.