I went to see TTT yesterday at noon, because I wanted to avoid masses of people and a sold out show, but to my discontent and surprise the theatre was still packed and the show eventually sold out. But I got there early so I had no trouble buying a ticket or finding a seat. <P>My overall grade for the movie is an A+. I thought the movie was great, I do have some parts I didn’t like, like Faramir and his rewritten role, but everything else made up for it. Honestly, I have to say that the movie exceeded my expectations, I fell absolutely in love with the visual effects. The battle scenes were outstanding! The ents, I expected to look differently, but PJ’s version was acceptable. Gollum was the biggest surprise for me. For the longest time I thought that PJ was going to do something horrendous to ruin Gollum, but his Gollum was dead on!! And the split personality bit was fantastic! <P>I was a little disappointed with Sam, but I was in FOTR as well so it wasn’t such a catastrophe this time around. It’s not the character that I don’t like but more the actor. Sean Astin just doesn’t do it for me. The biggest disappointment was definitely Faramir. I was so mad at the changes PJ made. And I was very discontent with the events that take place with Frodo after he meets Faramir. It's just all wrong and it makes me very very sad. Oh and since when did Gandalf become an exorcist?<P>Grima Wormtongue was just what I imagined. And I was very content with Eomer. <P>I loved Aragorn even more than on FOTR. Even though I didn’t find a good explanation as to why the scene where he falls over a cliff while riding some beast was necessary. Merry and Pippin were great as well. I loved how funny Gimli and Legolas were throughout the whole movie. And Gimli allowing Aragorn to toss him was hilarious!! <P>Overall great movie.<BR>I’ll tell everyone I know to see it.<BR>And I’ll definitely see it at least 7 more times.<p>[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: jaz ]
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