++ [ originally posted by Paolo_Montero ] ++
Two months late but I loved FOTR, by far the best of the three IMO!
I don't know. I thought the third movie could have lost its last hour -- and would have been better for it. Sheesh -- 45 minutes of crying, hugging hobbits.

("...And you were in my dream too, Scarecrow!!") I couldn't help but feel that the director was trying to manipulate me emotionally with characters to whom I had zero emotional attachment.
Some great effects, and otherwise entertaining. But I must say, I like the second better.