Relax you zealots!

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2002)

I thought I was a huge LOTR fan until I saw that this move was rated over a 9 on IMDB! You fanatics have to calm it down a little bit! Lets look objectively at this film... First, the special effects and battle scenes are great. The actors are the same and still good. The plot, of course, is great and you do get a pretty good feeling of the epic of this. However... The constant cuts to the "love" story? Can anyone remember "attack of the clones"? It didn't work then, it doesn't work now. Stop that. And the constant soliloquys by Jar Jar, er, I mean, Gollum got a little tiring.
In the end this one just does not "grab" you like the first, and does not feel as important. It looks a little rushed and the tempo is too erratic. Its still a movie worth seeing, but it is not the best movie this year as LOTR was last year.