Good, but not as good as Fellowship

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2002)

I enjoyed this movie. However, I feel the comic relief in this film was in bad taste. During, the epic Helms battle sequence the joking between Gimli, Aragorn, and Legolas is totally uncalled for and took away from the drama of the moment. The tree special effects were not very good at all, but in contrast the Smigel CGI was astounding. I felt Samwise Gamgee was a little too smart in this film in comparison to where he was when Fellowship left off. Overall, I gave this movie a seven. I highly recommend seeing this film, but don't expect too much. Peter Jackson appeared to think that it would be too much drama for viewers to handle so he softened it up. Not sure if Tolkien would be as pleased with this one as with Fellowship.