Loved it.

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 2002)

Yes there are points where the movie diverges from the book, but WHO CARES!! Yes, they did not develop some of the people as much as I wanted, but then again, this book just has too much information in it, and realistically, I will not be able to see it in a 3 hour movie. I still loved this movie.
And when we saw Legolas swing up onto the moving horse with Gimli, my 6 year old son, 14 year old son and I, were just AMAZED. This elf rocks, made me feel bad for the humans...nahhh. Aragorn held his own, and Gimli was like a tank -loved how they kept the "orc count" alive from the book.

My family will go see this movie again, as there is just so much to it. Read the books, see this movie (in sequence from the 1st movie). This epic will be around for a long time to come as nothing has come close to it.

BTW Gollum's conversation was awesome. I really felt as Frodo felt; I felt pity for him while also loathing him. They did a great job with this construct. Almost brings tears to my eyes....