absolutely stunning....biblical. Can't wait another year :(

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2002)

There is not much that can be said that hasn't already been chronicled in other viewers comments. I was incredibly surprised at how moving the film actually was. During the sequences leading up to the Battle at Helms Deep I was riveted to the screen. Not really being a fan of cgi I had been afraid that the portrayal of Gollum was going to be nothing more than a lame computer generated graphic. How wrong I was. It was Gollum who probably had more depth than any other character in the film. Watching his conflicted discussions really brought home the insidiousness of the Ring for me. I had read LOTR probably 25 times over the last 20 yrs and Follum was never as vivid as he was on screen.
I have never before seen a battle filmed that can hold a candle to Helm's Deep, even the Ents storming Isengard was amazing. Its true that Peter Jackson took some serious liberties with the story line. And although I consider myself a Tolkien purist at heart the film was simply amazing. This interpretation complements Tolkiens work well and I think that JRR would be pleased with how it has come out so far. I cant wait until they release the extended version of TTT like FOTR, I could have used an extra 30 minutes.