Excellent!

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2010)

I have to say that I'm a LOTR fan, and this movie is my favorite film out of the three. Even though some Frodo-Sam-Gollum, Merry-Pippin scenes were a little bit boring, the final hour compensates it all. I think it's one of the greatest battle sequences we have seen in the last 10 years, it keeps you at the edge of the seat; the directing, the location, the acting, the music, even the rain, it all comes perfectly together to make us feel the chaos, the high, the rush that the characters experience. I've read the books (after watching the films), and I have to recognize that there are a lot of episodes missing, but it is for the best; Tolkien created a whole new world: culture, languages, thousands of years in history... it is impossible to put it all in a movie, but the very essence of the books can be seen on the big screen. So, kudos for the writers.
Going back to where I started, maybe the first two hours are a little slow, but those 60 minutes at the end make the ticket worth it, it is EPIC; and it is deep story too, because it's not all about whether they are gonna lose or win the war, it's about friendship, loyalty, inner strength, going against the odds, this is a good movie because the characters have a soul, they are not hollow (like Avatar).
Love this movie