The only bad thing is having to wait a year for ROTK

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2002)

I am not sure how to compare this to Fellowship. Both films are very different. This one is much more action packed and has what in my mind is the best CG character ever on film (Gollum). The image quality on Gollum was great. Very realistic, or at least as real as I imagined Gollum when reading the books. But besides the image the movement was what really stands out. Not just body movement but small movements in the eyes and facial expressions. The effects were great in every scene and, as in Fellowship, they were done in such a way that they told the story rather than overshadowing it. For those who have read the book you should be prepared that in the film version of TTT the ending is about a chapter early which in the long run will turn out better to have it in the beginning of ROTK. Everything about this film was great except that it made me want to watch ROTK right afterwards. Well I guess 1 year to wait is better than 3 (like certain other directors do with their trilogies). Although I wanted ROTK right after this one I still found it to be a good stand alone movie. IMDB 10/10. Also check out Peter Jackson's other work such as The Frighteners and Heavenly Creatures especially. If you want to see something totally opposite of LOTR though check out Bad Taste, Dead Alive (AKA Brain Dead), or Meet the Feebles as well.