Great to look at but.....

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2003)

Although undeniably brilliant to look at, the second part of the LOTR trilogy is (like the first) really just a lot of people with silly names acting out a very confusing storyline in places with equally daft names. Such a pity that all that time and effort (and money) wasnt invested in recreating a genuine historical event surrounding one of the great conflicts of the past. It is a wonder some of the actors were able to keep their faces straight while speaking some of the cod-Shakesperean dialogue. A lot of people rate LOTR as the best book ever written in the English (!) language and some already rate the film(s) just as highly - they need to get out more into the real world. Having said that, I enjoyed the film immensely and never dozed off once.