Hi all This was a brilliant movie - despite being 3 hours long, I was enthralled by the whole setup and cannot wait to see the final work of this great trilogy. Rob

i'm continuing my review of the film here (from the topic "what movies have you been seeing".... though i absolutely love the movies, it's hard to compare it to the real tale as things have been moved about. having never read the rings (but have read the hobbit), i decided to pick it up after watching both installments of the movie. the film is staying true to the essence of the tale and bringing to life the visions left to our imaginations-i believe all the characters as played by their actors--and i completely understand compiling the story due to time constraints (as well as paraphrasing lines) but completely removing portions of the tale and changing the way other portions happened--i dunno. could be digging myself in for a lonely ride but am glad to be reading the book now to find out for myself.

Starring: Miranda Otto, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham Director: Peter Jackson Release Date: December 18th, 2002 Studio: New Line Cinema