Originally posted by mtmckinley
I'd have to say I like the First one best, RotK 2nd, TTT 3rd. All are fantastic, though. 
My fav: All of them, and since there all one film, i can say that.
Originally posted by Pony
I haven't seen the 3rd one yet.. but just thought I would toss in my .02 about the length of the cuts.
They made these movies, because they loved the books.. The books were not wrote with the 10 sec cut of the MTV or heavy action movie in mind.
Personally I applaud them for having the nerve to leave in all the cuts they felt would help it be truer to the books. I can not count how many movies they cut seens out of that piss me off.
Agreed totally. They didn't want to get caugh in the holywood 'rules'. 'It's the most expensive indy film ever made' was a quote by Perter Jackson about the film.
Also, re: book to film. A straigh page for page adaptation of the book would = a mess. They basicly took the core story and left out all the parts that were fine on the book, but wouldn't work on film.
Yeah, but no but yeah but no....