From Strength to Strength

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2003)

Peter Jackson's Movies seems to just get better and better.
I thought that Fellowship was pretty near perfect, but then I watch this and learn that it has included a lot of what the first film was lacking probably due to character introductions et al, Action.
This instalment has so much action, you may need a day off work to recover from just watching it. From the opening scene where Gandalf is tumbling down the cave with the Balrog (amazing) you know you are in for a treat. I just could not stop smiling.
The battles are much bigger and the enemies are more evil, at times attacking one another in a scene near the beginning of the film.
The work done on Gollum is just astounding, after about five minutes of trying to work out where the polygons and lines are, you kind of forget altogether that he is computer generated and feel for him as a real person. You can really see Andy Serkis' performance shine through this character.
Another hit, another must see.