Expectations

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2003)

As the director of the "Back to the Future" series, Bob Zemeckis, states, concerning sequels, everybody consciously or inconsciously has a picture in mind of what it has to look like. This is even more the case, as LOTR 2 has been quite a while out there as the famous book by JRR Tolkien. However, Jackson did a great job in converting the depth of the literature to fit to a cinema screen. Astonishing pictures and brilliant music give you a feeling probably never seen on a screen before. Never before have I seen computer-animated characters as good as Gollum and impressive fortresses as those in the movie. One might say, that the dialogues of Gimli and Legolas ridicule the movie a little bit too much, but on the other hand a comic relief is at some points of the movie really needed.
It is not possible to show the depth of the original books on screen, but this movie comes as close as possible.
In fact, even though Jackson in some points differs from the book quite a bit, even more than in the first movie, LOTR 2 is most likely one of the greatest movies in history.