aesthetically grim

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2002)

This is a worthy sequel as I enjoyed myself as much as with part 1. I still haven't read any of the books, but I have to say that the story and plot twists develop in a way I could never have imagined. Some of it was even reminiscent of 'Throne of Blood' (Kurosawa, 1957) which was of course a brilliant adaptation of MacBeth. See that film to figure out which parts I mean plz.
The art direction is of course still great as they shot the movie together with part 1 and 3. Here the CGI has become fingerlicking good: Gollum puts Jar Jar Binks AND Yoda to shame!
Let's wait for part 3 to drop some concluding remarks about this trilogy. For now it feels great to experience the premieres of these movies and be a part of the hype as well, I might add. The videogame should be Everquest I guess (never played it though). WingNut rules (and Orlando Bloom can surf!): as far as I'm concerned this gets the same rating as part 1.