A good movie but not brilliant

Rating: 8/10 (31 December 2002)

If you want to like this movie then forget the book. There are few really stupid changes to the original story and I don`t really understand why they were there. If you haven`t read the book or can`t remember it very well then you might actually like this.
The only well made CG character was Gollum. Of course he also looked as a CG person but his face movements were great. The ents and wolf riders were just bad.
Battle for helms deep was ok but not THAT great. Jackson uses too much shaking cameras and that is why its hard to follow the action. Still it was much much better than the fight in Moria in the FOTR.
Also, I don`t know why, but I really hated Legolas`s shield skating, god how I hated those 10 seconds. What was Jackson thinking???? This LOTR isn`t a freakin matrix type action movie.
Music was ok but what was the ending music about?? sounded like björk, I hate björk even more than shield skating.
Few bad moments can`t though ruin the whole movie. This was a good movie but not the best movie of the century. And it is an impossible job to make the movie as good as the book. This movie could have been better but it could have been much worse.
I gave it 8/10..I`d have given it 8+ if that was possible.