I) The Fellowship of the Ring. 5/5
II) The Two Towers. 4/5
III) The Return of the King. 3/5

The Fellowship of the Ring:
What can I say that I haven't already said in the past about this movie? I was totally astounded when I first saw this at the cinema, and from that day onward, I was hooked. I'd never seen a movie like it. The environments were beautiful and incredibly realistic, the characters seemed real and lovable, the music was fantastic, the storyline was enthralling, and the dialogue was simply amazing. True, it does take a while for the movie to really "get going", but once the Fellowship starts its journey into Middle Earth, things really start heating up. I enjoyed the movie so much, I saw it a further six times in the cinema (with different friends each time, obviously), and I didn't get bored at all.

The Two Towers:
Great, but not as good as the first one - those were my initial thoughts on this movie. After I came out of the cinema in December of 2002, I was a little disappointed. A lot of the beautiful environments that I came to love in the first film were gone, and the characters seemed like shadows from their previous personalities. Too much fighting and not enough talk? Perhaps. Am I being too picky? Probably. Having said all this, when the special extended version of the movie was released, I bought it and watched it almost straight away. Guess what - loved it. It was so much more enjoyable than the cinema version, and more of it made sense! After viewing the extended version, I can't believe they left some of the extra scenes out of the movie. Yeah, I know they had to do it due to time constraits and whatnot, but these special extra bits make the movie ten times as good. Honestly!

The Return of the King:
I was impressed (again), but I was expecting more. The hype had been building up inside me for two years, so I guess I knew I was going to be disappointed no matter what the movie was like. However, I did enjoy the movie greatly, and certain scenes stick out in my mind as being excellent - such as the final battle at Minas Tirith and the (SPOILER)Orodruin scene with Frodo, Sam and Gollum. The ending was excellent, too. Lots of people complained when the movie was first released. I heard comments like: "Oh man, the ending was too damn long" amongst other nasty things, but I believe that the ending needed to be that long. After about nine and a half hours of storytelling (that's the extended versions), Jackson needed to wrap up all the "loose ends" in order to finish the job properly, and I think he did an excellent job. Now I'm looking forward to the extended version, which I'm sure will blow the cinema release of The Return of the King completely out of the water.