This movie definitely turned out to be terrific, but there were some things that didn't quite turn out too good, but these are mostly nitpicks. The action was definitely crisp and the Battle of Helm's Deep (the last defense of Rohan) is definitely a spectacular and rather hopeless battle(not in terms of quality, but the feeling you get from just watching it.) The extended and new scenes are definitely well placed and terrific, especially the flashback to one of Boromir's victories at Gondor, and also the nod to Tom Bombadil and Old Man Willow from The Fellowship of the Ring book. Also, the Siege of Isenguard is another powerful and well done scene with many excellent CGI shots. There are also some small nitpicks I would like to point out. There is one problem that I think probably frustrated many LotR fans, and that is that Gimli is too much of a comic relief in this movie, and isn't really portrayed as the tough dwarf that he was in the books. There are also some small changes made to the movie, and while they will be frustrating to fans of the books, I thought they weren't much of a problem, seeing as no movie is perfect It is also understandable because translating a book to a film is defninitely a difficult task and some things have to be sacrificed in order for it to be a good movie.

 

The appendicies are once again terrific, but I find that they are not quite as good as in the Fellowship of the Ring, and also they aren't as funny. However, they do show all the behind the scenes thoroughly and excellently, and they are still a blast to watch. There isn't much to say about them because once again the documentors succeeded in showing us all the things which lead up to the releasing of the film, and it is all done well. Again, watch them please.

 

-Gandalf