Another Epic Adventure! Great Job Jackson!!

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2002)

I was blown away by the film. It's twice as good as the first. Another victory for Jackson.
The battle for Helms Deep and Isengard were amazing! I was skeptical about how they would bring these large scale battles to life. Once again they overwhelmed you with the epic scale visuals, and great choreography. Putting effort into every character, no matter how small, to bring them to life.
Gollumm/Shmeagol being brought to life through CG was awesome. Usually I'm very disappointed with the CG work in movies, but the team really did a good job of bringing him to life. His voice acting and character interaction was flawless.
I didn't really care for all the continued mocking of Gimli for being a dwarf. This just brings to light how much of an elf fan the screen writer must be. However the mocking rivalry between Gimli and Legolas, added a true sense of comrodary. It's all done in fun.
Having always been a fan of Jackson and his original work (Brain Dead, Meet the Feebles, Frighteners, etc.), he continues to impress me with each addition. I'm thankful that a talented "non-Hollywood" director as himself was given the chance to bring Tolkien to life. Otherwise we might have been stuck with Freddy Prince Jr. as Aragorn, and Michelle Geller as Arwen. >:P
Definitely a great epic film, that I will be returning to the theatre for again and again.
Brian (Virus420).