Shall I describe it our should I get you a box - Legolas (Helms Deep)

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2003)

Everyone seems to have many great and not so great things to say regarding this movie. Like most anybody else after FOTR I was left with an intense wanting for the movie to continue. Even after my butt went numb from sitting in that theater seat for 2 1/2 hours. Most people must understand that the first film was of building the characters so that non LOTR fans would be able to understand the second and third films.
That being said, Holy cow, this movie truly was amazing. I am of the same belief that Legolas should not have done the XXX (movie) Tony Hawk shield slide down the stairs. Gimli's comic relief was welcomed on the lines regarding running across country and the line regarding being tossed by Aragorn. It tied the stairs scene from FOTR. They could have left out the part where he falls off the horse and the "shall I describe it our should I get you a box" Those were not needed. Well maybe the horse one helps explain why he always is riding shotgun.
Well Gollum was a special effects AAA+++. The only flaw was in the fight scene with Frodo and Sam when Gollum spins on the blanket. It just looked staged. But other than that Gollum should be nominated for his spilt personality arguement scene. That was hilarious and explained Gollum to the new LOTR fan very well. So how about that Helms deep battle. Is it just me or did Peter Jackson really like seeing heads being whacked off in these movies or what. Ok how many others out there thought that when they saw the Ent with his head on fire and plunges it into the rushing dam water thought it gave you a flashback to Micheal Jackson and the Pepsi commercial from the eighties where his hair caught on fire.
Merry and Pippin really didnt get much in this movie but they'll get there chance in ROTK later this year.
My hats off to the score for both films. I own both and they are fantastic. Look for the London symphony orchestra they have a CD with music inspired by the films. But if I were rating score alone the FOTR was better. The Hobbit tune is great. But then the Gollum song on TTT was wickedly dark and exciting.
Well I have seen TTT 9 times since it opened and will probably see it at least half a dozen more before it leaves the theaters.