Epic is not large enough to describe this movie

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2002)

What a blast! Another well crafted episode. There is enough action, humour, story, character development to keep the movie rocking along. Gollum was superb. Aragorn was more of a hero/Mortenson the star this movie. Merry and Pippin developed further as characters. Gimli loosened up, but Legolas was still a bit tight.
I can't wait for the Return of the King next year. As someone else said in these comments, it is the perfect bridge between the first and last episodes. I need to watch it another few times to take it all in. Yay Peter Jackson.