Well. I am a bit lost for words. Although I can say I liked it over all, there were some parts I thought it could have done without (i.e. dramatic slow-mo of white horse galloping over the hill; almost could hear the angel chorus in the background going "ahhhhhhhhhh" and envisioning a blinding, white, almost heavenly light behind horse). The most brilliant part, and I believe many will agree was the preciousss Gollum. Schizophrenic we wasn't s'posed to be, but we likes master, even though he tricks us, tricksy master! I do admire master Peter Jackson for taking on a daunting (logistics alone!) task. A few changes, but always to be expected in a book-to-film jaunt. Heavenly Creatures was dark and quite a distance from LOTR, but nontheless, I can say that this is GRAND compared to Lucas' poor excuse of a Star Wars prequel. LOTR will be what Star Wars was in the late '70s to '80s.
Back to Gollum. There were times when Gollum baffled me - he looked so real-his mouth, hair, and facial lines, then his body would contort into weird shapes and his eyes like glass orbs - best creature I've seen yet that could put Jarjar Binks to shame! There was a lot of character development, and yes, I did at times feel sorry for his tortured soul, so indeed, I am a Gollum fan! More on LOTR later.
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