Not as good as the first but...

Rating: 10/10 (1 March 2003)

Still a masterpiece. Though RotK will probably end up being my favorite. This movie just screams epic.
I guess I didn't like it as much as FotR because it was missing some quiet scenes that FotR had. Some breaks in the pacing in order to give a rest to the characters and viewer. But then again, the pacing of breaking the story up into three parts really helped the narrarative and gave more consistent flow to the movie that was missing in FotR and made it seem a tad long.
Speaking of which, it may be criticised for being long...but what great masterpiece isn't long? The more time you have, the more stuff you can fit in, and if the stuff you're fitting in is good...there's no problemo. Heck, Godfather, Shawshank Redemption and other top 10 IMDB movies are as long if not LONGER then FotR and TTT. I really just don't get complaints about length, because what it's really all about is consitency in the pacing. TTT went by FAST for me, while some movies like say Little Buddah are just 2 hours...yet that felt like an eternity.
Anyways, enough of my ranting. Great movie. Won't win best picture this year though (Chicago has the oscars wrapped up, don't ask me why, I'll never know). Though, RotK will most definitely win next year, as if to honor the series as a whole, and it'd definitly deserve it.