Lover Of The Book Says: A Follow-Up That I didn't Expect...

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2003)

Well after seeing the first film, which far exceeded my expectations in terms of how closely it followed the book, I was not expecting the second film to be a blundering failure.... And thank god it wasn't!!! This film has made me think that Hollywood has taken a different philosophy out on 'safe' moviemaking ie: "nothing too complex for the masses please" (which the likes of George Lucas & Chris Columbus preach to) and even some critics may have said "it is simply too fragmented and complex to be followed like The Fellowship wasn't", but hey just because you're a bit slow and rather dumb Mr Critic, please don't think that we are. It was the best job I have seen of a director piecing together what is essentially four different stories and making them ALL feel like one... It's big, it's clever and it is TOLKIEN to the letter! This film will live on eternally as a classic for shattering Hollywood preconceptions about what can make money in cinema... LOVE IT!