I want to slap and hug Peter Jackson all at once, if you haven't even bothered to read the book, then there are spoilers.

Rating: 9/10 (5 January 2003)

That damn wonderful Peter Jackson! He has to go and rip me apart.... There were so many good parts... no not just good, excellent. I am a big, big, big Tolkein fan; I read the book so I could read it before I saw the film, as my dad said I must read it as I read "The Hobbit" when I was eight. So any Tolkein fans out there.... I am one too!
I thought Gollum was fascinating; he was so mesmerising and just like the book. The battle scenes lived up to expectations, as they were incredible! Oh yes and the Ents.....let's not forget the Ents! They were just like the book...... good old Peter Jackson huh? Well that's not the end of it....
What the hell is our good old PJ up to? Why oh why did he have to change Faramir? He was such a noble character! He was the sensible, kind one out of him and Boromir and had no desire to use the ring. Why did they have to change it? It was purely because he couldn't be bothered to build up Sam and Frodo's character/relationship like Tolkein did at that point in the book, so he copped out and went for the easy option of adding a bit of action to keep us interested. We can watch a film with not a lot of action in and a lot of good character building you know PJ!
And Aragorn dying? What was going on there? It was just an excuse for a soppy, pathetic, slushy scene with him and Arwen! A terribly naff attempt to attract non - Tolkein fans.
Well I torn over whether I liked TTT or not, so I am going to give it 8/10. I have one plea to make to our mate PJ: You have proven worthy of directing an epic film so often, please please please don't mess up ROTK, stick to the book, and you can do it!