First one was good movie but bad Lord of the Rings. This one is just bad.

Rating: 4/10 (29 August 2003)

A shame : I never though the DVD of this movie would join the "trashcan" part of my collection (8 DVDs from a set of 160 so far)
The first LoTR was a good movie even with the liberties taken with the original story. It was acceptable and I've seen it twice so far.
This one is just bad. There is a lot of scenes added. The real problem being they are mostly dumb, dull, ... pick yours.
Those add-on were probably inserted to throw some stuff to a wider public (the 50-60 women ?).
It could be because of the current world state, but I feel a shade of patriotism s*** in some of them too. The fact some of the character behaves the opposite they are supposed to do doesn't help.
On a brighter note, the "Gandalf" first scene is interesting and well done. Everything else is worthless. It does not worth the time I lost in front of it anyway.