SPOILER & OPINION-FILLED REVIEW

Rating: Null/10 (30 December 2002)

* Smeagol's emotions and expressions were leaps and bounds above Jar Jar Binks'. I think he's so likeable because we can all relate to his lunacy. If ILM could harness a character as entertaining as ol' fish eater for SW EP3, that would really be great. * Brad Dourif(Gemini Killer, The Exorcist III) also was entertaing, as usual, as the vile Wormtongue. His interaction with the King of Rohan was in many ways very similar to Bib Fortuna and Jabba's in Return Of The Jedi. * My jaw wasn't exactly dropping over the wargs' design. Kinda reminded me of Hobbes after Calvin pulls him out of the dryer... * The Ring Wraiths' dragon mounts were very swag, though, I thought. I would've liked to have seen more of the Oliphants. The trolls working the gate were cool. Hmm, any other beasts.....? * All the 15 second-long sweeping scenery shots got old to me. I know it displays the beautiful landscape, and sets scenes, but shot-after-shot of Gimli, Aragorn, and Legolas trekking across rocky mountain tops got a bit tedious. * The first Orc that mentioned eating the Hobbits was cool-lookin'. The Arabic-inspired costumes and characters were feasts for the eyes. The spirits in the swamp were nightmarish, I loved them. * All in all, I enjoyed TTT more than TFOTR, and like others, am anticipating TROTK next December. Gollum:8-10/TTT:7-10