Like FotR...

Rating: Null/10 (26 January 2003)

TTT, grand, epic, touching, bold. Even though it deviates away from the book more so than FotR, it succeeded my expectations and was better than I initially feared (after FotR, how can you top that?). Helms Deep, one of the most powerful battles have witnessed in a long time.... just imagine what the battles of RotK will be like.... The Treebeard scenes were beautiful, and a lovely moment with Merry and Pippin; There will be no more Shire. Congratulations to Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd there. Eowyn and Eomer, Couldn't have been better casting here. I do feel that both were highly under used. Miranda Otto understood Eowyn's frustration and fear of captivity, her need to fight. I look forward to the more pivotal scenes featuring her in RotK. Gollum, I don't think there is anything different to say except what has already been written on this site time and time again. Magnificent achievement by all involved. Andy Serkis' gollum rasp is terrifying and so alike what I had imagined, and the creation never once took away from the movie. Creepy and pitiful, setting a new standard for CGI. I still feel there is a little loss of something concerning Faramir. The acting from David Wenham was fine, just the twist of the character from the book, and I do understand Peter Jackson's reasonings though, it was just a shame that some wonderful moments and touches from the book had to be missed because of this change. There is one scene that I have not once seen mentioned anywhere but worked so brilliantly - Wormtongue standing by Saruman looking over the vast army of orcs, with a tear running down his cheek...Of shock and disbelief of the number of orcs... It worked so well in the context of that scene and it struck the right nerve with me. And again, thank you Peter Jackson for FotR and now TTT. Just like FotR, it reminds me how special the books are to myself and so many others, and that there are movies out there worth returning to the cinema to see again and again. RotK can't come soon enough!