The Perfect Film?

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2002)

The answer is no, but extremely close to it. Going into this movie I hoped they wouldn't botch the Ents or Gollum. Both elements of the story were done with fantastic CGI and were close to the books. I think that Serkis, Gollum should win an award for his convincing perform as Gollum. The only gripes I had were these three things. BEWARE Spoilers to follow!
They made Faramir much different than the Faramir in the books. They did not include Shelob. Finally, they have Elves at Helm's Deep. I do see the reasons for these changes, and they are all justified in my eyes, but it still is a gripe, for me anyway. Other than that I liked it better than the Fellowship, my former favorite movie. Way to go Jackson! 10/10