The greatest CGI special effects (only in terms of CGI) film so far.The acting was superb and the movie was done with a lot of love put into it.BUT.....just like the first Lord Of The Rings,the characters were not well portrayed.If if the first Lord Of The Rings film we only had one great character in Wizard Gandarf The Gray, in this second installment,we have only have two great characters,namely Wizard Gandarf The White and (the all CGI character) Gollem.Fantastic CGI effects for Gollem!Puts Jar Jar Binks (of Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones) to shame.The story was also nothing spectacular.The fantastic battle/action sequences had to make up for the transitional storyline which was not grand at all.Color was not good.They should have made the cinematography more colorful to compliment the fantastic CGI effects.Granted the film was supposed to have a dark edge/mood,but the storyline and settings alone could provide that mood without making everything look almost black and white.All in all,this film is a Classic but not a Masterpiece and even falls short of being better than the first Lord Of The Rings due to that film having a better storyline.I realy expected the story to be better this time but it fell short in that category.But the CGI met my full expectations.INCREDIBLE BATTLE SEQUENCES!Still one of the best films all time (Classic) and I would easily place it in the Top 10 Sword And Sorcery Films All Time (as of this writing).Only for fans of Sword and Sorcery films,big CGI special effects movies and big fans of the lead actors.......
