Excellent time at the movies!

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2003)

This was an outstanding rendering of the final installment of LOTR. Though some liberties (minor for the most part) were taken with the story this film held together well and made 3 hours and 20 minutes seem like an hour and a half. Many have commented on the "multiple endings" and the slow pace of the last 20 minutes, but I think these scenes tied the movie together and left a sense of closure for the story (as it did with the books). I give it a ten and may go see it again this week...