Great film, great visions, superb scenes

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2002)

Overall it was a good adaptation of the book, I felt the second book of the series was boring in comparison to the rest, so it was good to see Peter Jackson take some directors license and play with the story a little bit to good effect, although in a few scenes not so much.
The excellent landscapes of New Zealand, the faithful recreation of middle earth, the convincing acting, the fabulous CGI creation of gollum, and fantastic battle scenes all culminate in a great movie. a lot of work went into this movie and it really shows.
the only problem with the movie was how the story is delivered, considering the size of the book scenes have to be summarised and dialogue is sometimes lacking between characters as the film rushes along to finish the story.
in my opinion it was better than fellowship, even though i prefered the fellowship book, and i found it rather fresh to find the story slightly altered so I did not know exactly what was going to happen.
cant wait for ROTK, its the best one in the series