ANOTHER MASTERPIECE!!!

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2002)

I saw this on OPENING NIGHT and it was WORTH IT. Thank goodness nobody dressed up as a hobbit for the premier. Anyway, this movie was incredible. The THREE HOURS went by so fast. I was not surprised though being that I loved the first one. This movie was more action driven (amazing battle scenes that make Braveheart's battle scenes look like a playground fight) and the special effects were even more amazing. This movie has some great highlights. One of them is Gollum. He was a cross between Yoda and a heroin junkie. He was a big part of the movie and definitely `acted' well. I know it was computer generated but that doesn't matter, he LOOKED SO REAL. Then of course there is FRODO, the role Elijah Wood was BORN FOR. He was good in this as well. In this movie, we start to see the darker side of our HERO HOBBIT. The ring's dark power begins to take hold of FRODO. Frodo is not in this movie nearly as much as the first. Then there is ARAGON (brilliantly played by VIGGO MORTENSEN). He continues to show bravery and heroism while every now and then, showing his personal side. He kills about a thousand orcs in this movie. I saw in an interview with Viggo, that he was so immersed in the movie making, that he actually felt as though he was a real character in middle earth. The new characters introduced in this movie are all very good. The acting is superb. Even then ENTS delivered the goods. Yes, the ENTS. The ENTS are these HUGE TREES that are alive. The way TREEBEARD speaks is so interesting. He sounds like this wise old man and speaks in wise phrases such as `Gandalf asked me to keep you safe and keep you safe I will..' Way to go Peter Jackson, you have done it again!! You have made the best fantasy movies to ever grace the silver screen!!!