A new great Epic Film

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2002)

I saw the film together with a packed house at the first showing in Leicester Square.
This lived up to my pretty high expectations after the first one, right from the fantastic opening scene with the Gandalf and the Balrog to the climatic battle.
Gollum was an outstanding character and should get some recognition (either the voice actor or the CGI programmer). Aside from a bit of off time inter-cutting at the battle of Helms Deep, which lessened the impact of he battle at bit, this was great filmmaking for start to finish. It had humour, spectacle, a bit of romance and great action, with characters you actually liked and cared about.
Having said that it would be great to see the bits they had to cut out to make it even better, but for £6 you can't get much better entertainment for 3 hours.
Only 365 days till the Return of the King...Are they taking bookings yet?