I finally saw it over the weekend. Excellent.
The one thing I will mention is.............. Gollum
It just goes to show that if a character is developed enough and truly is done well then you can love him even if he is skirting on the edge of sanity.
I really felt for Gollum and the fact that he was CGI never caused me to look for the "fake" look, or the bits that just look unreal and cartoony. This is the first case for me when a major CGI character has been so damn convincing
unlike his comparison.......Jar Jar Binks.
It makes me think that maybe if Jar Jar was a better character to begin with he could have been as convincing as Gollum was, maybe even better. But when you start hating something, you look for more reason to hate it until you can't stand it.
Sorry all you Jar Jar fans but seeing Gollum made me realise just how much better he could have been.
Did anyone notice the background behind Merry, Pippin and Treebeard?
Treebeard was done absolutely brilliantly but the background was so lame it kind of ruined all the shots where you could see it. There was no problem when you saw all of Treebeard, it was just the close ups