Good, but not great.

Rating: 7/10 (3 January 2003)

This movie was personally a disappointment. It didn't cover about half of the book, creating a challenge for Peter Jackson in The Return of the King. It seems improbable that he will be able to cover the third book completely as well as half of the second one in 3 hours.
That aside, it wasn't as good of a movie as The Fellowship was. It lacked clarity for many that had not read the books, and Jackson spent too long on the battle of Helm's Deep. The movie lacked plot(because of the long battle)and included too many unnecessarily gory images. It was still entertaining, but greatly disappointing to those that love the books.